Online Learning in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian University students' experiences and perceptions

This study adopted a qualitative case-study approach to examine the attitudes, experiences, and perceptions of undergraduate students who were enrolled in an online, collaborative learning course at a Ghanaian private university. Data sources included surveys, student and instructor journal entries,...

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Autor principal:	Stephen Asunka
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2008
Materias:	Higher Education collaborative online learning Sub-Saharan Africa Ghana students' perceptions constructivist pedagogy Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f6f8ed20583b42a4bc529812e31b1b6e
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f6f8ed20583b42a4bc529812e31b1b6e2021-12-02T19:20:55ZOnline Learning in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian University students' experiences and perceptions10.19173/irrodl.v9i3.5861492-3831https://doaj.org/article/f6f8ed20583b42a4bc529812e31b1b6e2008-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/586https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This study adopted a qualitative case-study approach to examine the attitudes, experiences, and perceptions of undergraduate students who were enrolled in an online, collaborative learning course at a Ghanaian private university. Data sources included surveys, student and instructor journal entries, email records, individual interviews, and Web-server logs. The study found that the students did not respond favorably to online constructivist teaching approaches such as asynchronous discussions and ill-structured project-based learning activities, and perceived collaborative online learning within their context as a complex, more demanding and time-consuming experience.Stephen AsunkaAthabasca University PressarticleHigher Educationcollaborative online learningSub-Saharan AfricaGhanastudents' perceptionsconstructivist pedagogySpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2008)
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topic	Higher Education collaborative online learning Sub-Saharan Africa Ghana students' perceptions constructivist pedagogy Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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description	This study adopted a qualitative case-study approach to examine the attitudes, experiences, and perceptions of undergraduate students who were enrolled in an online, collaborative learning course at a Ghanaian private university. Data sources included surveys, student and instructor journal entries, email records, individual interviews, and Web-server logs. The study found that the students did not respond favorably to online constructivist teaching approaches such as asynchronous discussions and ill-structured project-based learning activities, and perceived collaborative online learning within their context as a complex, more demanding and time-consuming experience.
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title	Online Learning in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian University students' experiences and perceptions
title_short	Online Learning in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian University students' experiences and perceptions
title_full	Online Learning in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian University students' experiences and perceptions
title_fullStr	Online Learning in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian University students' experiences and perceptions
title_full_unstemmed	Online Learning in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian University students' experiences and perceptions
title_sort	online learning in higher education in sub-saharan africa: ghanaian university students' experiences and perceptions
publisher	Athabasca University Press
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Online Learning in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian University students' experiences and perceptions

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