Students¡¯ Attitude Towards Two Different Virtual Methods of Course Delivery

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• 作者：Majid Zare Bidaki ; Ali Rajabpour Sanati ; Mohammad Nadjafi Semnani
• 关键词：Video teleconferencing ; Web conferencing ; Distance learning ; e-learning
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：4 July, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：83
• 期：Complete
• 页码：862-866
• 全文大小：176 K

文摘

Video teleconferencing and web conferencing are two alternative methods of distance course delivery. This study addressed students¡¯ attitude towards these methods of course delivery. A course of sterilization and disinfection was delivered to operation room technology students using different methods, including face-to-face learning, video teleconferencing and Web conferencing. At the end of the semester, students¡¯ attitude towards each of these methods was obtained using a questionnaire. 88.5 % of students preferred face to face learning. Comparing the two methods of virtual learning, 71.5 % of students believed to more effective learning through web conferencing. In terms of being more attractive, 65.2 % of student preferred web conferencing. Regarding ease of communication with the teacher, the satisfaction rate was 69.5 % for web conferencing. 55.5 % expressed that the teacher would have more control over the class through the Web conferencing. So, among the two methods of virtual course delivery, students significantly preferred Web conferencing.