E-õppe kasutamispraktikad Tartu Ülikoolis sotsiaalteaduskonna näitel

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2008

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Tartu Ülikool

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The purpose of current research is to study how the students from Faculty of Social Sciences of Tartu University participate in e-Learning, their attitude to it and if the proportion of e- Learning is sufficient or not. Five main research questions are posed: - How the students assess e-Learning? - Which are the main obstructing factors for students to use e-Learning? - Is the proportion of e-Learning sufficient in the opinion of the students? - How the students assess the results of e-Learning compared with the results of traditional learning? - Which are the main motivators to participate in e-Learning? From theoretical points of view, I used the authors who had researched the using practices of e-Learning, the opportunities to research e-Learning and the positive and negative factors which influence the participation in e-Learning. The selection was made from random choice of students from Tartu University Faculty of Social Sciences who answered the poll at the web environment e-formular.com. The selection is not very representative but that is pilot study only. The poll consisted of 12 questions, including both multiple-choice questions and questions with free answers. 111 students answered to poll, including both stationary students and adult learners. The poll was opened to answering for two weeks from the end of March till the beginning of April. All filled questionnaires were accepted. The answers to research questions: - The students assess e-Learning rather positive way of learning because e-Learning enables them to study in suitable time and at convenient place chosen by themselves. The students also like the fact that the learning materials, tests and tasks are all available from the one web environment at the same time. - The fact that there is no contact with lecturer and co-students is considered as the biggest obstruction to participate in e-Learning. Not having contact makes learning more difficult and there is no discussion between students to understand the learning material better. The students are quite used with traditional learning and auditorial lectures and such attitude does not inspire to participate in e-Learning - Regarding the sufficiency of e-Learning proportion, there is no very firm stand according to answers. The opinions that proportion is "sufficient", "not sufficient" and "there is difficult to assess the sufficiency of proportion" were divided almost equally. - The learning results are basically the same than in traditional learning. The answers showed that the place and the way of learning did not play important role in learning results. There is possible to achieve positive results in web learning the same way as in traditional learning. - The most significant motivating factor is convenience and the opportunity to choose the place for learning. The fact that learning materials and tasks are collected into one web environment is also important - necessary material can be found more easily and learning is more convenient. Saving the time is also important factor because all necessary knowledgments are available from one web environment instead of sitting in lecture lasting for several hours. According to the results of current research, e-Learning is well welcomed among the students of Faculty of Sciences and the questionnaries showed expected results.

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bakalaureusetööd, haridus, kõrgharidus, e-õpe, Tartu Ülikool

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