Student Perceptions of Various E-Learning Components

Buzzetto-More, Nicole A.

doi:10.28945/3204

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“…Wells, de Lange and Fieger (2008) found that the use of technology in educational settings assists in the achievement of learning outcomes. Buzzetto-More (2008) and Sanders & Morrison-Shetlar (2002) report that student attitudes toward technology are influential in determining the educational benefits of online learning resources and experiences. Research conducted by Perera and Richardson (2010) suggests that the quality of the actual time spent online may be influential on learning outcomes.…”

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Student Engagement with Online Resources and Its Impact on Learning Outcomes

Wong

2013

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Executive SummaryThere is an increasing demand and expectation for universities to incorporate greater levels of technology into the design and delivery of their curriculum. From an academic perspective, it is of significant interest to determine whether the increased use and availability of online teaching resources have made a positive impact on students' academic performance and whether this is reflected in improved learning outcomes. This paper reports on the findings from a survey of first-year accounting students to assess the level of student engagement with online learning resources. The results indicate that, despite having three new online options readily available via WebCT, students expressed strong support for the traditional face-to-face approaches delivery as the more effective learning options. To determine whether the access to additional online resources had any impact in assisting the students' learning in this subject and potentially affecting their assessment outcomes, a review was conducted to compare the overall pass rates attained. It was found that the period in which the improvement was most significant coincided with the availability of online recordings lectures and tutorials. An investigation of WebCT Course Management Statistical Tools revealed a positive relationship between the level of student engagement with online resources and their overall academic result. Across the key online activities measured, the time spent on each activity was considerably longer for the High Distinction students in comparison to failed students. The analysis of the results has been beneficial in identifying the online learning resources that are most useful in supporting student learning and provide guidance for further enhancement to the design and delivery of e-learning content in this subject.Keywords: student engagement, online resources, technology, learning outcomes, e-learning IntroductionThe continual emergence of new technologies has placed academic staff under increasing pressure to react to these substantial changes within a very short and often unrealistic time-frame. As stated by Bates and Poole (2003, p.xiii), one of the major challenges of teaching with technology is that "you cannot possibly keep up with the technology. The paradox of technology enhanced education is that technology changes very rapidly and human beings change very slowly." This paper is written from the viewpoint of the coordinator of an introductory accounting subject. The students enrolled in this compulsory first-year accounting subject are a very diverse group comprising accounting and non-accounting students from a broad spectrum of business degrees which range from music through toMaterial published as part of this publication, either on-line or in print, is copyrighted by the Informing Science Institute. Permission to make digital or paper copy of part or all of these works for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantag...

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Student Engagement with Online Resources and Its Impact on Learning Outcomes

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2013

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“…Wells, de Lange, and Fieger (2008) found that the use of technology in educational settings assists in the achievement of learning outcomes. Buzzetto-More (2008) and Sanders and Morrison-Shetlar (2002) reported that student attitudes toward technology are influential in determining the educational benefits of online learning resources and experiences. Results from an investigation of WebCT Course Management Statistical Tools in this first-year introductory accounting unit revealed a positive relationship between the level of student engagement with online resources and their overall academic result.…”

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Student Attitudes to Traditional and Online Methods of Delivery

Wong

Fong

2014

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Rapid developments in education technology have provided educators and students new options in a constantly changing, competitive teaching and learning environment. As the number of online teaching resources continue to increase, research into student attitudes toward traditional and online methods of delivery is important in order to determine whether the increased usage of technology in the curriculum has been beneficial to their learning. This paper investigates the student perceptions of these two methods of delivery in a first-year introductory accounting unit in a number of key areas. These include their perceptions of learning effectiveness, motivation and impact on assessment outcomes. The importance of social interaction and their preference for online learning is also covered. This preliminary analysis of student attitudes will determine whether there are statistically significant differences between face-to-face and online learning options and preference for online learning technology between gender groups. In addition, this paper investigates whether there are statistically significant relationships between face-to-face or online learning options and preference for online learning technology in gender groups.

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“…The instruments were developed by the researchers and aligned with the primary aim of the research. The issues of reliability and validity were considered when designing the research instruments in the sense that research findings by previous researchers were taken into consideration when developing the instruments (Bellefeuille, 2006;Bersin & Associates, 2003;Buzzetto-More, 2008). …”

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