Gender Perception on the Effectiveness of ULearn Management System as an eLearning Platform for Distance Education

Authors : Valentina ARKORFUL

Pages : 35-45

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Publication Date : 2020-07-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The growth in student numbers in this 21st century has led to a number of institutions focusing on distance education where appropriate technologies and pedagogical approaches are employed to deliver courses to students. The study adopted a quantitative approach and descriptive survey analysis to investigate the differences in gender perception and the effectiveness of ULearn insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(an learning Management System); at the University of Ghana. To measure the effectiveness and gender differences, a Test of Science Related Attitudes insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TOSRA); consisting of 54 items organized into nine scales: Computer Usage insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CU);, Teacher Support insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TS);, Student Interaction and Collaboration insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SIC);, Personal Relevance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PR);, Authentic Learning insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AL);, Student Autonomy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SA);, Equity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EQ);, Enjoyment insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EN);, and Asynchronicity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AS); was used. The study revealed that the level of effectiveness of the learning management system, from the perspective of the students was high. There were significant differences in gender perception on the effectiveness of the platform.
Keywords : distance learning, ULearn, e learning, learning management systems, platform, gender, asynchronicity, perception