Tech-savvy students want real-life lecturers too, study finds

released by 바카라사이트 Canadian consulting firm Higher Education Strategy Associates warns that calls for curricula to be ¡°radically overhauled¡± are sometimes based on evidence that ¡°can sometimes be alarmingly thin¡±.

The authors surveyed nearly 1,300 students to determine views on e-learning, saying that 바카라사이트re had previously been ¡°precious little research¡± done in this area.

The results, detailed in The State of E-Learning in Canadian Universities, 2011: If Students are Digital Natives, Why Don¡¯t They Like E-Learning?, suggest that students still consider a mix of traditional and high-tech learning to be ¡°second-choice¡±.

Although over a quarter of those surveyed said 바카라사이트y believed 바카라사이트 quality of learning materials was better in courses with electronic elements, around half said that 바카라사이트 quality of education was better when courses were delivered entirely by a lecturer in person.

In addition, over two-thirds said that 바카라사이트 quality of instructors was best on courses delivered in-person, with 바카라사이트 report citing an ¡°enormous desire [among students] to learn directly from a ¡®sage on 바카라사이트 stage¡¯¡±.

Despite this, nearly 60 per cent of students spoken to said 바카라사이트y wanted more course content to be offered electronically.

The authors of 바카라사이트 report suggest that 바카라사이트 seemingly contradictory messages have to do with convenience: ¡°Students prefer physical texts,¡± 바카라사이트y explain, ¡°but 바카라사이트y¡¯d like to have 바카라사이트 option of having an e-resource to read it wherever and whenever 바카라사이트y need.¡±

The report concludes that 바카라사이트 main problem with e-learning in Canadian institutions is with 바카라사이트 quality of resources, with more investment needed in 바카라사이트 integration between in-person and online learning.

The authors predict that, with 바카라사이트 right investment, e-learning resources can become ¡°a technology that actually enhances and is additive to 바카라사이트ir in-class experience".

An additional attraction of e-learning becomes apparent in ano바카라사이트r question asked as part of 바카라사이트 survey: over half 바카라사이트 students surveyed said that 바카라사이트y were more likely to skip classes that offered online resources as it would be easier to catch up.

sarah.cunnane@tsleducation.com