Catch me I'm Fallling. Using Technology to Assist Educationally Disadvantaged Students: A Case Study on the Western Region of Melbourne, Australia

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Madden-Hallett, Helen and Ho, Henry Wai Leong (2008) Catch me I'm Fallling. Using Technology to Assist Educationally Disadvantaged Students: A Case Study on the Western Region of Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Education and Development Using Information and Communication Technology, 4 (2). pp. 47-59. ISSN 1814-0556

Abstract

This study examines the use of WebCT as a communication and learning facilitation tool in higher education. The case study is based on marketing students’ experience of using WebCT in an undergraduate business degree in Victoria University, Melbourne. A sample of 328 undergraduate students, drawn from four marketing subjects, was selected. Students from non- English speaking backgrounds made up almost half the respondents and they indicated that certain add-on features of WebCT would be of interest to them and assist them in their studies. Age and gender were also measured and the findings indicated that students aged between 18 and 24 were more likely to use WebCT as a learning tool and socialising medium while older students (older than 24) were less likely to do so. Gender differences were also identified with females more likely to use WebCT for communication purposes and that they generally found WebCT easier to use than their male counterparts. It is recommended that further study be undertaken to establish WebCT’s contribution to subject management and students’ ease of use, thereby establishing more fully WebCT’s overall contribution as a teaching and learning resource.

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/3803
Official URL http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=484
Subjects Historical > SEO Classification > 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education
Historical > FOR Classification > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Hospitality Tourism and Marketing
Historical > FOR Classification > 1399 Other Education
Keywords ResPubID15523, online learning, WebCT, educationally disadvantaged students
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