scholarly journals Great expectations: Promoting factors in the use of eLearn@USM

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.10) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Mohamad M ◽  
Abdul Rabu S. N ◽  
Kamaruddin K. N. A
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Teaching And Learning Environment ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Local Students

21st century marked the advancement of teaching and learning environment. E-Learning has been regarded as part and parcel of educational platform that is recognized by many institutions. University Sains Malaysia, as one of the renowned higher educational institutions in Malaysia has introduced eLearn@USM an online learning platform. This paper explores the possible factors that promote the use of eLearn@USM among local and international postgraduate students.  Through qualitative methodology, two local students and two international students were interviewed. The findings showed that there are various factors that promote the use of eLearn@USM among local and international postgraduate students. From the analysis, international students have more intrinsic motivation factor such as the curiosity to learn, the challenges of the eLearn@USM activities, the cooperation from students and instructor for some subject. Meanwhile, local students are more influenced by the extrinsic motivation such as marks and also the obligation to instruction order. Initiated from the findings, the study concludes that there is a need for new directions and strategies on the use of eLearn@USM for both instructors and students. This will eventually raise more interest among the students to use eLearn@USM. Overall, apart from setting up an e-learning platform from sharing and collaborating and further solving issues and sharing resources, more importantly, there is a need to know the promoting factors of the platform towards the learners. Therefore, this study is significant to enlighten the motivational factors among students in using online platform.  

scholarly journals Gender Differences And Psychological Impacts In Higher Education During Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Iswadi Iswadi ◽  
Apriyanto Apriyanto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Difference

<p><em>E-learning during covid-19 pandemic gives positive and negative effects on students’ psychology. One of the effects of E-Learning is students whose negative and positive perception towards the process of E-Learning. The objectives of the study are to know (1)  The difference perception between male and female EFL post-graduate students of the use of online learning platforms? (2). Impacts psychologically of E-learning during Covid-19 to female and male EFL students in higher education. The method of the study is mixed research with the explanatory sequential design. The participants were 31 EFL postgraduate students in PGRI Indraprasta University. The data collection technique of the study was questionnaires with a Likert scale and an open interview. The data analysis technique of the study is an independent sample t-test with SPSS 22.0 version and collection, reduction, display, and conclusion. The results of the study are: (1) There is no significant difference perception between male and female EFL postgraduate students of the use of online learning platform because the significance value (0.695) which is bigger than 0.05. (2)  E-learning during the Covid-19 pandemic did not  give anxiety, fear, fatigue, and saturation to female and male EFL students in higher education. Implication of this research is University must develop LMS (Learning Management System) for teaching EFL students</em></p>

scholarly journals The Application of E-learning in English Teaching at Dong Nai Technology University

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 544
Author(s):  
Lien Cam
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
The University

Many colleges and universities in Vietnam have employed e-learning platforms in teaching English with the hope to better students’ English proficiency. Recently, e-learning programs such as DNTU-LMS and Canvas have been implemented at Dong Nai Technology University. With their features of flexibility and efficiency, they have been being used as crucial tools for teaching and learning in various faculties in the university especially during the widespread of Covid-19 pandemic. The present study aimed at identifying the views of the EFL learners from Faculty of Foreign Languages on the application of e-learning platform. A group of 100 EFL students was chosen randomly to participate in this study. Data was collected using questionnaire. After analyzing student’s responses, the results proved that the introduction of e-learning was effective. E-learning also stimulates students to learn English and brings them comfort and joy.

The Value of Postgraduate Students Opinions in the Quality Management of Academic E-Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Grażyna Rembielak ◽  
Renata Marciniak
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Special Obligation ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

Abstract The quality of online education is of interest to universities around the world. Only high quality and cyclical evaluation are the conditions for obtaining students’ satisfaction with this form of education. In the pandemic era, digital dissemination and open education have become a special obligation of academic education. This paper aims to present the opinions of postgraduate students on the quality of e-learning forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. The study was conducted using an online survey questionnaire sent to all 173 MBA and Executive MBA (EMBA) students studying during the pandemic era in Poland's leading Business School, 40% of whom returned completed valid surveys. Students assessed aspects of e-learning such as teaching materials, communication with lecturers, the attractiveness of online classes, networking, strategies, and criteria for evaluating didactic activities, e-learning platform, and support received from the university. The results showed that although most examined aspects are perceived very well or well by the students, there is always some space for improvement. Despite the fact that the study was conducted on a small sample of students, their opinions obtained during the survey provide valuable information to universities about the quality of postgraduate e-learning from its main actors, that is, students. Based on this, the paper presents clear recommendations to universities on how the quality of online education could be managed and improved.

Cohort Programming

2009 ◽  
pp. 276-285
Author(s):  
James E. Witte ◽  
Iris M. Saltiel ◽  
Maria Martinez Witte
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Lifelong Learners ◽  
Transfer Of Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning Environment ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Technological Tools ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Electronic Teaching ◽  
Effective Use

This chapter examines the use of cohort programming within the Career Technical Education field. Cohorts are ideal formats for CTE curricula since students participate in the majority of coursework together. They provide mutual academic and intellectual encouragement and reinforce the transfer of skills to the workplace. Developing cohorts within an online electronic teaching and learning environment is addressed at formal and informal levels. Instructing and facilitating in an e-learning environment requires the effective use of technological tools, which are overviewed in this chapter. Also addressed are instructor challenges and methods that will continually evolve as technological advances occur. Cohort programming is an innovative and practical way of enhancing student economic opportunities and creating lifelong learners.

Impact of E-Adoption on Teaching and Learning in the Context of Teaching French

2012 ◽  
pp. 245-257
Author(s):  
Christèle Joly ◽  
Nathalie Iseli-Chan
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
Language Courses ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Technology And Communication

Growing use of information technology and communication (ICT) tools in language courses with communication at their core has brought opportunities as well as challenges in the predominantly conventional face-to-face context of the classroom. When the French programme in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at The Chinese University of Hong Kong started to integrate an e-learning platform into all language courses, students as well as teachers showed reservations and even disbelief. However, it was unexpected to observe such an interdependent relationship between new technologies and the conventional teaching approach. In this paper, the broad implications of the e-adoption applied to learning French as a foreign language are investigated to highlight students’ learning habits and learning process. The strategies used to make technology act as a facilitator across cultures, and various ways to savoir-faire diffusion are also discussed. The study shows how new technologies modify in-class teaching, while the traditional face-to-face teaching and learning approach can influence choices in the use of different web tools that lead to blended models of education.

Tools Interoperability for Learning Management Systems

2017 ◽  
pp. 25-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolas Galanis ◽  
Enric Mayol ◽  
María José Casany ◽  
Marc Alier
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Integral Element ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
External Learning ◽  
Oriented Approach

E-learning has experienced an extraordinary growth over the last years. We have reached a point in time when most learning institutions have adopted an LMS as an integral element of their teaching and learning infrastructure. In parallel, the number of educational tools available for learning is increasing and keeps evolving. This variety means that it is not always easy or possible to add these educational tools into LMSs to enhance the learning process. It would, however, be in everyone´s interest for these tools to interact with the LMSs. To solve the problem of interoperability between LMS and learning tools, several interoperability standards define ways so that LMSs can interface with external learning tools in order to make them accessible from within the learning platform in an intuitive and concise way. This chapter is focused on the service-oriented approach to interoperability and specifically on the IMS LTI standard and the TSUGI hosting environment that aims to simplify the integration of external learning tools.

scholarly journals Students’ Acceptance on Blended Learning: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.38) ◽  
pp. 992
Author(s):  
Mohd Ramadan Ab Hamid ◽  
Emmy Hainida Khairul Ikram ◽  
Siti Sabariah Buhari ◽  
Farhanah Ahmad Shuhaimi ◽  
Norazmir Md Nor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
E Learning

Electronic Learning (E-Learning) has been widely used as a complement to the traditional learning method. It includes the introduction of blended learning (BL) that fully utilises the use of Learning Management System (LMS). The aim of this study is to examine students’ acceptance of blended learning specifically with the use of Openlearning (OL) as an online learning platform to complement traditional teaching. 137 students had participated in this study. OL was introduced to the Health Sciences students, who enrolled in the Principles of Nutrition course. Students explored teaching materials, videos, activities, and several assessments in OL while facilitated by facilitators for 14 weeks. A self-administered questionnaire was given via online to the participants to evaluate their attitudes and acceptance towards OL. Descriptive statistic was used to describe the demographic data and t-test was performed to report the level of acceptance. Overall results showed students were very satisfied with blended learning using OpenLearning as a web-based tool. Students accepted OL as it is easy to use and convenient. They also agreed that the usage of OL in teaching and learning will improve their academic performance. In conclusion, it is proven that Health Sciences students accepted the use of OL in blended learning.    

Speaking Anxiety Among Postgraduate International Students in the Academic Context of a University in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Bikash Chandra Taly ◽  
Shamala Paramasivam
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Postgraduate Students

Anxiety is common for international students when speaking in the academic context. The aim of this study is to explore the reasons that cause speaking anxiety in the academic context of a university. The study also aims to find out strategies used by students to cope with speaking anxiety. This research employs the qualitative method in the form of interview questions to investigate the issues. Fifteen international postgraduate students and two experienced university lecturers of a public university in Malaysia were interviewed through semi-structured interviews. The investigation revealed that speaking anxiety originates from students' self-related perceptions, learning challenges, differences between students' and target language cultures, poor language knowledge, and fear of being evaluated by peers and lecturers. The strategies used to cope with speaking anxiety included a variety of affective (relaxation), cognitive (positive thinking) and behavioral strategies (preparation/practice, avoidance of eye contact, providing immediate response to instructors’ questions, taking part in as many speaking activities as possible, peer seeking and physical masking behavior). From the investigation, it is found that anxiety has an influence on students’ communication when speaking in English. More emphasis should be given to anxiety reducing methods in the teaching and learning context of higher education.

scholarly journals Students’ and Instructor’s Perspective on the use of Blackboard Platform for Delivering an Engineering Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. pp1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Uziak ◽  
M. Tunde Oladiran ◽  
Edmund Lorencowicz ◽  
Kurt Becker
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Course Management System ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

The use of Information Technology (IT) has been growing over the years in various human endeavours. It has also been adopted in education sector for teaching and learning. Various studies have been conducted to assess the effectiveness and acceptance of e-learning strategy by students. In particular, the current research is an attempt to obtain students’ and instructor’s perspective on the use of Blackboard software. The technology is a course management system used in a blended learning mode to deliver a third year mechanical engineering course at the University of Botswana (UB). In terms of students’ views, the study covered a period of nine years and the questionnaire survey was administered to each succeeding cohort of students. Whereas in terms of the instructor’s perspective the motivation and the challenges faced during the years of use of the platform were described. Results indicate that students were generally comfortable with the use of Blackboard as they highly embraced it. Students indicate that their performance improved and communication with instructor was enhanced significantly. The respondents also recommended that Blackboard should be used in other courses in their programme of study. The instructor considered the time factor the most vital challenge related to the use of the platform. However, despite the challenges the application of the learning platform and the development of its material was a positive experience for the instructor and well received by the students.

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