AB+-+Ismail+et+al.+(2010)


 * **Reference: ** || Ismail, I., Gunasegaran, G., & Idrus, R. M. (2010). Does e-learning portal add value to adult learners? //Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, 2//(5): 276-281. Retrieved from http://maxwellsci.com/print/crjss/v2-276-281.pdf ||
 * **Author's: ** || Ismail, I., Gunasegaran, G., & Idrus, R. M. ||
 * **Title:** || Does e-learning portal add value to adult learners? ||
 * **Year:** || 2010 ||
 * **Journal: ** || //Current Research Journal of Social Sciences // ||
 * **Retrieval Information**: || http://maxwellsci.com/print/crjss/v2-276-281.pdf ||
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 * This study using 1084 undergraduate adult learners in the School of Distance Education at Universiti Sains Malaysia gauged the benefits of an E-learning Portal. The respondents were almost equally distributed between Science, Management, and Social Science, with fewer respondents from the Arts program. A survey was conducted of the respondents who were randomly selected from learners who had experience with the Portal. The authors state that for institutions to truly engage in “ educational transaction[s using an] . . . electronic medium and cyberspace . . . requires the development of a virtual learning environment ” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">p. 276 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">) that they labeled as an E-learning Portal. The advantages of such a portal are that “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">learners have access to education information and materials at any time, from any location <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">p. 276 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">) and “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">allows learners and lecturers to communicate at any time <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">p. 277 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">). The authors also reviewed the advantages of e-learning which includes flexibility in schedule and learning process, convenience of time and place, can encourage deeper thought on topics, and diminished costs. The results of the study confirmed these advantages, but have a weakness in that it only shows comparative approval of the e-learning Portal, but does not attempt to determine relationships between the proposed advantages or between those advantages and the demographic data collected, nor does it attempt to determine if the advantages, while positive, are significant for specific correlations. The authors do identify how their findings are supported by other studies, but only propose new studies to determine how the advantages that had lowest approval could be improved. ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Retrieval Information**: || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">http://maxwellsci.com/print/crjss/v2-276-281.pdf ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">This study using 1084 undergraduate adult learners in the School of Distance Education at Universiti Sains Malaysia gauged the benefits of an E-learning Portal. The respondents were almost equally distributed between Science, Management, and Social Science, with fewer respondents from the Arts program. A survey was conducted of the respondents who were randomly selected from learners who had experience with the Portal. The authors state that for institutions to truly engage in “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">educational transaction[s using an] . . . electronic medium and cyberspace . . . requires the development of a virtual learning environment <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">p. 276 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">) that they labeled as an E-learning Portal. The advantages of such a portal are that “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">learners have access to education information and materials at any time, from any location <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">p. 276 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">) and “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">allows learners and lecturers to communicate at any time <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">p. 277 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">). The authors also reviewed the advantages of e-learning which includes flexibility in schedule and learning process, convenience of time and place, can encourage deeper thought on topics, and diminished costs. The results of the study confirmed these advantages, but have a weakness in that it only shows comparative approval of the e-learning Portal, but does not attempt to determine relationships between the proposed advantages or between those advantages and the demographic data collected, nor does it attempt to determine if the advantages, while positive, are significant for specific correlations. The authors do identify how their findings are supported by other studies, but only propose new studies to determine how the advantages that had lowest approval could be improved. ||
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