• DocumentCode
    1782744
  • Title

    Analysis of students´ expectations and skills in e-learning

  • Author

    Cavalcanti Ramos, Jorge Luis ; Sedraz Silva, Joao Carlos ; Lins Rodrigues, Rodrigo ; Gomes, Alex Sandro

  • Author_Institution
    Colegiado de Eng. de Comput., Univ. Fed. do Vale do Sao Francisco-UNIVASF, Juazeiro, Brazil
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    18-21 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This study aims to identify evidence of variation levels of expectations and skills of beginners students in an undergraduate course in e-learning. From the questionnaires at the beginning and in the end of a discipline of course and after statistical graphics for treatment of data, the results showed that expectations of students to start the course in the e-learning were changed significantly during the same. Another important factor was perception of change in skills acquired during the course, as it may also indicate an increase in self-confidence and motivation of the students to continue their studies. Specific issues such as: available material, interaction with colleagues, resources of the virtual environment and the presentation of content by teachers. All of them were also evaluated in two moments of the discipline and it showed satisfactory results for planning the course.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer graphics; computer science education; educational courses; further education; statistical analysis; data treatment; e-learning course; electronic learning; statistical graphics; student expectations; student motivation; student self-confidence; student skills; undergraduate course; virtual environment; Bills of materials; Electronic learning; Electronic mail; Internet; Laser radar; Materials; Software; d-learning; distance education; e-learning; expectations; skills;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2014 9th Iberian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CISTI.2014.6876980
  • Filename
    6876980