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An early investigation into factors in student's choice of technology for e-learning
Conference paper   Peer reviewed

An early investigation into factors in student's choice of technology for e-learning

Kathryn Lynch, Justin Debuse, Meredith A Lawley and Sherre Roy
Proceedings of the 2009 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference, pp.273-283
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated (HERDSA) International Teaching and Learning Conference: The student experience, 2009 (Darwin, Australia, 06-Jul-2009–09-Jul-2009)
Charles Darwin University
2009
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Education Systems e-learning educational technology technology acceptance learning styles
This paper presents an exploratory study identifying factors that may influence a learner's choice of technology for e-learning. These factors include learning style, technology acceptance, use and competence, as well as stage in course. The respondents were predominantly from Generation Y, were technologically competent and positively disposed towards e-learning technologies. Their learning styles were predominantly 'doing', with no 'diverging' students represented. E-learning appeared to be most useful in replicating face-to-face lectures, and the recreational popularity of social networking technologies appeared not to flow through into formal education settings.

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