"Relationships Between e-learning Effectiveness and Its Related Factors in Higher Education"

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
HyeJeong Park ◽  
MyoungSook Choi
Author(s):  
Sunday C. Eze ◽  
Vera C. A. Chinedu-Eze ◽  
Clinton K. Okike ◽  
Adenike O. Bello

Abstract While research into the adoption of e-learning in Nigeria has mainly focused on its use in public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), there is still a lack of research on factors affecting students’ use of e-learning in private HEIs in Nigeria. This study, therefore, explores factors influencing the use of e-learning by students in private HEIs in Nigeria using Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) framework. We use a data collection method encompassing semi-structured interviews with 15 students from L-University drawn purposefully from the Landmark directory and a hybrid thematic analysis to analyse the data. Our findings reveal that technology-related factors (ease of use, speed accessibility and service delivery), organisation-related factors (training support and diversity), environment-related factors (attitudes of the users) and impact-related factors (learning experience, skill development, academic performance, and degree of engagement) influence the students’ adoption of e-learning facilities. We develop an extended TOE framework that integrates the impact context which considers the students likely expectations if these facilities are fully adopted and implemented. The study also unveils techniques that may accelerate the development of e-learning structure in private HEIs and which could provide the opportunity of assisting communities of learners to adopt and use e-learning facilities regularly.


Author(s):  
R J Singh

This article reports on the use of blended learning in higher education. Blended learning has become popular in higher education in recent years. It is a move beyond traditional lecturing to incorporate face-to-face learning with e-learning, thereby creating a blend of learning experiences. The problem is that learning in higher education is complex and learning situations differ across contexts. Whilst there is face-to-face contact at some institutions, others offer distance learning or correspondence learning. In each context, the mode of learning may differ. The challenge is to cater for various learning opportunities through a series of learning interactions and to incorporate a blended approach. The aim of this study was to examine various ways of defining blended learning in different contexts. This was done through an examination of experiences of the use of blended learning in different higher education contexts. The study presents a case of blended learning in a postgraduate course. The experiences from all these cases are summarised and conclusions and recommendations are made in the context of blended learning in higher education in South Africa.


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
TUŠEVLJAK MARKO ◽  
MAJCEN LUCIJA ◽  
MERVAR LARA ◽  
STEPANKINA TAISIYA ◽  
CATER BARBARA ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaykina Olga Igorevna ◽  
Proskura O. V. ◽  
Dakukina T. A

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