Effectiveness of online presence in a blended higher learning environment in the Pacific

Attitudes and awareness of regional Pacific Island students towards e-learning

“…The use of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) to deliver educational content and learning support now forms a widespread and accepted norm of many institutes in the higher education sector across the world (Latchem, 2017 ; Sharma et al, 2020 ; Wu, 2016 ). Its growing leverage in developing countries is assisting in bringing the quality, sustainability, accessibility and delivery of education on par with those of the developing countries.…”

“…Its growing leverage in developing countries is assisting in bringing the quality, sustainability, accessibility and delivery of education on par with those of the developing countries. The ICT based innovations and tools from the higher education institutes in the developing countries have shown promising and significantly positive results (Reddy et al, 2016 , 2020c ; Sharma & Reddy, 2015 ; Sharma et al, 2019a , 2020 , 2018b ).…”

“…Similarly, students may only have limited access options for accessing the internet (e.g. through a mobile phone network) (Huang et al, 2017 ), especially in more remote locations (Beinicke & Bipp, 2018 ; Milakovich & Wise, 2019 ), or may be restricted to accessing the internet in certain locations such as local remote campuses and/or education centres, such as in Samoa and Tonga (Reddy et al, 2017 ; Sharma et al, 2019a , 2020 ).…”

تصورات الطلاب حول استخدام التعلم الإلکترونی فی مؤسسات التعلیم العالی: دراسة استکشافیة تتابعیة Students’ Views of E-learning Usage in Higher Education: An Explanatory Sequential Study

“…In a study to examine the effectiveness of online presence on student performance in a blended e-learning course, Sharma et al (2019) found a positive relationship between frequency and duration usage on students' final marks. The study's findings supported those reported in a number of studies that integrating technologies into the traditional learning system is more likely to have a positive impact on developing the educational learning environment and students' learning outcomes (Alharbi, 2013;Ashour, 2019).…”

“…Further, to successfully implement e-learning and increase students' satisfaction with it, there is a need to pay more attention to the quality of e-course technological tools, and reduce the lack of interaction when compared with that in the face-to-face classroom (Sharma et al, 2019). There is also a need to develop coherent and structured learning materials that stimulate students' desire to learn.…”