Online MBA students' perceptions of online learning: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions

The reciprocal and correlative relationship between learning culture and online education: A case from Saudi Arabia

“…Kim, Lei, and Bonk (2005) argued that, especially in asynchronous conferencing, online learning fosters rich interactions and in-depth thinking because it provides participants with a greater amount of time in which to process other participants' statements and to formulate their responses. The study by Kim, Liu, and Bonk (2005), as well as a few others like that of Benbunan-Fich and Hiltz (1999), suggest that online interaction helps improve students' skills in the sense that they are able to provide more detailed answers to cases and problems by means of online discussion; however, these studies offer no details regarding the skills that were improved and the specific ways in which online learning helped students to build their social-interaction skills and other skills. Finally, Ohara (2004) An especially insightful study by Tapanes, Glenn, Smith, James, and White (2009) focused on the cultural diversity of online learning and on the perceived effects of conflict levels of individualism, collectivism, and tolerance of ambiguity.…”

“…Part of the problem is that the West to a great extent has adopted a set of beliefs or a world view whereby, as Tony Jackson says, "the Third World is portrayed as a vast refugee camp, with hungry people lining up for food from the global food aid soup kitchen" (Pacey, 1983, p. 57). Yet, "this view is false" (Pacey, 1983, Some studies have indicated that back-and-forth interaction with other individuals is one of the keys to online success -more so than in traditional settings such as the lecture hall or the classroom which generally allow only for one-way communication from the professor or teacher to the student (Picciano, 2002 as cited in Kim, Liu, & Bonk, 2005). However, Picciano (2002) did not identify the specific elements of online learning that enabled students to be successful nor did he outline the parameters governing their success.…”

Traditional Versus Online Learning in Institutions of Higher Education: Minority Business Students’ Perceptions

“…For instance, in a study about the MBA students' attitudes towards online learning, Kim, Liu, and Bonk (2005) indicated that virtual teaming among students was a key influencing factor in their online educational experience. In another study, Chou (2012) mentioned that there is a strong relationship between students' self-directed learning ability and their online learning performance.…”

Student Satisfaction towards the Personalization of Appearance in Online Learning Environments

“…Structure and design of the course have a key role in the learner satisfaction in online learning (Roach & Lemasters, 2006). While learner satisfaction has increased its importance day by day as the most effective factors of online programs (Holder, 2007;Ginns & Ellis, 2007;Kim, Liu, & Bonk, 2005), studies on online learning should be the ones that should reinforce the present aspects, contribute new aspects, or make up deficiencies in this field. Some studies pointed out that learners' being familiar with technology use and their attitudes towards online learning systems affect learner satisfaction (Changchit, 2007;Hammoud , Love, Baldwin, & Sherry, 2008;Liu, Teh, Peiris, & Choi, 2009), and learners with higher computer use experience are more satisfied with online learning (Liu et al, 2009).…”