Application of Web-based learning in teaching social work law

Johns, Robert

doi:10.1080/0261547032000126399

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“…This finding is in contrast to the literature, which has identified ICT as offering a means of both improving communication and peer support (Johns, 2003;Rohleder et al, 2007;Mitchell et al, 2001). This highlights the potential to improve this aspect of communication between lecturers and students.…”

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“…Social constructivism is one theoretical approach that advocates the use of ICT in education, as it facilitates active student engagement with content, educators and each other, enhances problembased learning, improves information gathering skills, improves communication between educators and students, ensures the accessibility of coursework and enhances administrative tasks (Johns, 2003 Rohleder et al, 2007). The use of ICT in education has also been shown to increase the channels of communication and facilitate collaborative learning (Boulos et al, 2006), creating a framework for the social construction of knowledge.…”

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The use of information and communication technology by South African physiotherapy students

Rowe¹,

Struthers²

2009

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

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The global shift toward the use of information and commu -nication technology (ICT) in health education and practice has been shown toenhance both the educational opportunities and the support provided to studentsand healthcare professionals. This study aimed to investigate the use of ICTby South A frican physiotherapy students and what their experiences and perceptions were regarding their use of ICT as part of their studies. The studydesign was a cross-sectional, descriptive survey using a self-administered questionnaire. The survey populationincluded all of the undergraduate physiotherapy students from six of the eight universities offering the physiotherapydegree in South A frica (N=1105). The sample size consisted of 529 students from the survey population who completed and returned questionnaires, indicating a response rate of 48%. The results of the study showed that the useof ICT by South A frican physiotherapy students varied according to task, racial group and university attended.Furthermore, the reported use of ICT for communication, research and continuing professional development was low.In conclusion, this study indicates that with a move toward the use of ICT to enhance health education and practice in South A frica, certain groups of physiotherapy students may be at a disadvantage if required to make use of ICT asa means of improving communication, enhancing education, participating in lifelong learning opportunities andaccessing support.

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The use of information and communication technology by South African physiotherapy students

Rowe¹,

Struthers²

2009

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

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“…There is a large body of literature, which acclaims web-based or e-learning as an effective way of engaging with students' learning (Dysthe 2002;Johns 2003;Johnston and Olekalns 2002;Lewis and Allen 2005;McConnell 2006;Salmon 2003;Sharkey 2000). Amongst the claims and acclaims made about the virtues of e-learning, Johns (2003, p. 431) ascertains that they can be divided into five categories:…”

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Students’ evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities

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Online learning is increasingly being used in Higher Education, with a number of advantages to online learning being identified. One of these advantages is the suggestion that online learning provides for equality of opportunity. This article reports on students' evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities. The results highlighted both positive and negative evaluations of the use of e-learning. The positive aspects identified were that e-learning provided for ease of communication between parties, and easy access to information and learning material. Negative aspects identified were that it presented some technical challenges; online communication was disjointed; there was unequal access to computers between students from the two universities; students felt that more face-to-face interaction is needed. The issue of unequal access to computers and the internet is highlighted as a crucial issue for e-learning in the South African context, and for the fostering of a democratising educational discourse.

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“…The importance of learning goals attract e-learning researchers to adopt this term in e-learning environment [25]. E-Learning enhanced the individual's problem-solving skills and enticed learner's to focus full attention on a task through the vividness of the learning concepts, intriguing or fascinating learning behavioral activities [26][27][28][29][30][31]. Some research studies define elearning as an effective way for enhancing the individual's problem-solving skills [6,32,33].…”

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Retracted: E-Learning Recommender Systems Based on Goal-Based Hybrid Filtering

Chughtai

Selamat

Ghani

et al. 2014

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

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This research work is based on the thesis contribution by proposing the goal-based hybrid filtering approach in e-learning recommender systems (eLearningRecSys). The proposed work has been used to analyze the personalized similarities between learner's profile preferences collaboratively. The proposed work consists of two hybridizations: the first hybridization has been made with content-based filtering and collaborative features to overcome the new-learners zero-rated profile recommendations issue; the second hybridization has been done with collaborative filtering and k-neighborhood scheme features to improve the averagelearner's low-rated profile recommendations issue. Therefore, the proposed goal-based hybrid filtering approach that hybridized content-based filtering, collaborative filtering and k-neighborhood features simultaneously works on both types of learner's profiles recommendation issues in e-learning environments. The experiments in the proposed work are done using the famous "MovieLens" dataset, while the evaluation of experimental results has been performed with mean of precision 83.44% and mean of recall 85.22%, respectively. t-test result shows the probability difference value of 0.29 between the proposed hybrid approach and the evaluated literature work. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed hybrid recommender systems in e-learning scenarios.

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Application of Web-based learning in teaching social work law

Cited by 13 publications

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The use of information and communication technology by South African physiotherapy students

The use of information and communication technology by South African physiotherapy students

Students’ evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities

Retracted: E-Learning Recommender Systems Based on Goal-Based Hybrid Filtering

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