Students' perceptions of Computer Assisted Learning: an empirical study. (1st January 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Belal, Ataur Rahman
• Is Part Of: International journal of management in education. Volume 5:Number 1(2011)
• Page Start: 63
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2011-01-01
• Subjects: CAL -- computer assisted learning -- EQL -- students' perceptions -- students' learning approaches -- e-learning; School management and organization -- Periodicals; Education -- Administration -- Periodicals; 371.2
• DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2011.037755
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-385X

Abstract

Research indicates that although students are the ultimate 'beneficiaries of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) – based' higher education learning their voices have been neglected in its development. This paper attempts to redress this imbalance by illuminating students' perceptions of the use of Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) in an undergraduate accounting module. The findings suggest that students are in favour of using EQL in a supportive role only. Interviewees rejected the idea of replacing human tutors with machine tutors and they believed that most of their learning occurs in tutorials and ranked these as the most important component of the module.