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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Title Students? evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities / Poul Rohleder ...
Publication year 2008
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 56 (2008) 1, S. 95 - 107
Inventory number 24461
Keywords Ausland : Südafrika : einzelne Hochschulen ; Ausland : Südafrika : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; E-Teaching / E-Learning
Abstract Online learning is increasingly being used in Higher Education, with a number of advantages to online learning being identified. One of these advantages is the suggestion that online learning provides for equality of opportunity. This article reports on students? evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities. The results highlighted both positive and negative evaluations of the use of e-learning. The positive aspects identified were that e-learning provided for ease of communication between parties, and easy access to information and learning material. Negative aspects identified were that it presented some technical challenges; online communication was disjointed; there was unequal access to computers between students from the two universities; students felt that more face-to-face interaction is needed. The issue of unequal access to computers and the internet is highlighted as a crucial issue for e-learning in the South African context, and for the fostering of a democratising educational discourse. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Bozalke, Vivienne, E-Mail: vbozalek@uwc.ac.za