Student and Instructor Satisfaction with E-learning Tools in Online Learning Environments

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared Keengwe ◽  
Watsatree Diteeyont ◽  
Assion Lawson-Body
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Efficient Technology ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Technology Tools ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Instructor Satisfaction

This study utilized Expectancy Confirmation Theory (ECT) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine satisfaction of students and instructors toward online learning tools and resources in online learning environments. The study findings indicate that student expectation was the most important factor that helped the instructors to design and provide appropriate and efficient technology tools and resources to enhance student learning. Further, the instructors were satisfied with the technology tools and resources that were provided, as these helped them to achieve their instructional expectations. These findings could help to stimulate reflections on ways to improve and design useful e-learning tools and resources that could enhance effective teaching and learning in online environments.

scholarly journals The Adoption of E-learning by Students in Zimbabwean Universities in the Wake of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Sambo ◽  
Gilford T. Hapanyengwi ◽  
Tsitsi Zengeya
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
E Learning

COVID-19 effects have been felt in the education sector worldwide where schools, colleges, and universities were closed as a way to reduce the spread of the deadly pandemic and loss of lives. The Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education. advocate that no child should be left behind during the COVID-19 era, therefore gave a directive for universities to use other alternative means of teaching and learning to continuously provide teaching and learning to students during the series of lockdown. An efficient eLearning system in universities is very important as an alternative to faceto-face teaching and learning in this COVID-19 era to have continuity in teaching and learning during the induced lockdowns. Success in online learning can be achieved by understanding the level of readiness of online learning environments. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the adoption of online learning by students in Zimbabwean universities. A descriptive online survey employing questionnaires to collect data on the adoption of eLearning by Zimbabwean universities students was used. Results indicated various eLearning platforms have been introduced in Zimbabwean universities though there is a need for eLearning infrastructure to be availed, students to be trained or students to effectively adopt the eLearning.

Culturally-Sensitive E-Learning Practices for Library Education

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Farmer
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Library Education ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
E Learning

With globalization, library educators should address culturally-sensitive instruction design and curriculum, particularly in online learning environments. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and Bigg’s educational model provide frameworks for addressing cultural impact on library education. Specific techniques are suggested for handling language and online learning issues.Avec la mondialisation, les professeurs de bibliothéconomie devraient incorporer les différences culturelles dans leurs cours ainsi que dans le cursus, notamment en milieu d'apprentissage en ligne. Les dimensions culturelles de Hofstede et le modèle éducatif de Bigg offrent un cadre permettant de traiter de l'impact culturel sur l'éducation. Seront présentées différentes techniques pour aborder les questions de langue et d'apprentissage en ligne.

Culturally Sensitive Instructional Design Principles for Online Learning Environments

2018 ◽  
pp. 292-326
Author(s):  
Gülten Kartal ◽  
Elif Toprak ◽  
Evrim Genc Kumtepe
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Efficient Learning ◽  
Instructional Design Principles

Distance education and e-learning practices are preferred by increasing number of people and institutions in the recent years all around the globe. It's clear that there are different interests, expectations, needs, characteristics, and backgrounds of participants in these learning environments. In this connection, it is important that courses are designed, taking cultural diversity into account, optimizing self-learning in such environments. The instructional designs that support multiculturalism in learning environments, lead to more efficient learning. Based on the awareness about cultural diversity, this chapter focuses on culturally sensitive instructional design principles for online learning environments. Firstly, “culture” as a concept and its components, based on various prominent definitions in literature are given. Then, the design principles are discussed with a critical look on online learning environments, with an eye to different theories and studies of leading researchers in the field.

Use of Virtual Classrooms in Online Learning Environments

2013 ◽  
pp. 126-134
Author(s):  
Salih Gümüs ◽  
M. Recep Okur
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Classroom Structure ◽  
Information Research ◽  
Internet Learning ◽  
The One ◽  
Research Action

With the help of enhancements in communication technologies, especially within the framework of opportunities provided by the internet, learning can be done both in traditional environments and online environments. Besides numerical content, online learning content has the ability to offer multiple learning tools together. The one which steps forward among these tools for providing communication and interaction is virtual classroom applications. In this study, virtual classroom structure in online learning environments is examined. Within the framework of the study, academic personnel who have experience with distance education and who have given courses in virtual classroom application are defined. In order to gain detailed information, research is designed qualitatively. After the data is analyzed, suggestions are provided by reporting the research. Action research design of qualitative methods is used in this study.

A Conceptual Educational Data Mining Model for Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Online Learning Environments

2021 ◽  
pp. 278-292
Author(s):  
Eric Araka ◽  
Robert Oboko ◽  
Elizaphan Maina ◽  
Rhoda K. Gitonga
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Educational Data Mining ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
E Learning

Self-regulated learning is attracting tremendous researches from various communities such as information communication technology. Recent studies have greatly contributed to the domain knowledge that the use self-regulatory skills enhance academic performance. Despite these developments in SRL, our understanding on the tools and instruments to measure SRL in online learning environments is limited as the use of traditional tools developed for face-to-face classroom settings are still used to measure SRL on e-learning systems. Modern learning management systems (LMS) allow storage of datasets on student activities. Subsequently, it is now possible to use Educational Data Mining to extract learner patterns which can be used to support SRL. This chapter discusses the current tools for measuring and promoting SRL on e-learning platforms and a conceptual model grounded on educational data mining for implementation as a solution to promoting SRL strategies.

Online Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 678-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riu Hu ◽  
Shuyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Computer Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Web

Online learning, which was defined as a learning environment using computer communication systems for learning delivery and interaction (Harasim, 1990), has been involved into all facets of society’s education. Online learning can be considered as a subset of the category of e-learning because it refers specifically to learning that is occurring via the Internet or Intranet. Online learning environment normally refers to learning via electronic communications, coursework, and/or information posted on the Web, and through other instructional activities by using Internet.

Improving the Quality of Online Learning Environments

2017 ◽  
pp. 278-300
Author(s):  
Komar Parveen Khan
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Design Models ◽  
Design For Learning

In spite of the numerous changes in technology in the past decades, designers continue to utilize traditional instructional design models as a foundation for designing teaching and learning materials, which may not be suited for the design and development of online learning environments. A study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of an online-specific design model called Proactive Design for Learning (PD4L) (Sims, 2012; Sims & Jones, 2003) and its ability to address limitations of traditional design models. The study was conducted to examine in what ways the PD4L model would contribute to enhance the quality of online learning. Based on this research, this chapter will be able to provide readers with ideas on the ways the elements of an online specific model can serve as design guidelines, a framework or “a set of guiding principles” (Sims, 2011) for designers and developers to create quality teaching and learning environments.

Case Study Research and Online Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 70-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce L. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Study Research

As a research methodology, case study is very popular among researchers doing investigations of Internet-supported teaching and learning. This chapter will discuss considerations for conducting case study research in online and blended (on-site and online) learning environments.

scholarly journals Content, language and intercultural challenges in engineering education: (E-)strategies to improve instructional design

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 153-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Morgado
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Online Learning Environments

Intercultural, multilingual and culturally and academically diverse classrooms are a common reality in current higher education (HE) landscapes, as globalisation is effectively taking place in all major schools. Rethinking instructional design strategies that contribute to the overcoming of communication and cultural differences in both online and blended learning processes may help not only improve the development of more efficient online learning environments but also meet the challenges of current teaching and learning processes. Special focus will be put into engineering education through the medium of English and the training of engineering lecturers in HE through communities of practice (CoPs), which present, integrate and discuss how to integrate content and language (through what is known as the content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach) as well as trends, challenges and opportunities related to recent technological developments on students’ learning ourcomes. The desciption of the pedagogical training shared through a CoP describes E-strategies to improve instructional design in engineering courses in online learning environments when English is used as a medium of instruction and integrated with content in a CLIL approach. Keywords: Higher education, CLIL/ICLHE, English Lingua Franca, instructional E-design, online learning environments, training of engineering teachers.

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