Attitude towards e-learning in university students
Abstract
Education institutions are facing an era of constant innovation. Various tools, teachinglearning methodologies, and virtual systems offer students the opportunity to achieve their educational goals, to optimize their professional development and to gain access to a quality education. To take into account the attitude of students towards online education is one of the most important factors to design, develop and implement initiatives enabling students to make use of this educational offer and get the most benefit. This article exposes the results of the research that aims to identify the attitudinal factors that influence the online learning of university students. The methodology in this study is quantitative, non-experimental descriptive ex-post facto. An online questionnaire was completed by 47 students aiming towards a certification, technical, master’s degree and a graduate degree in online education of the Galileo University of Guatemala. The results indicated that the students with prior experience in technology and online learning which receive instruction from skilled tutors in a system easy to use and have the adequate technological and pedagogical support feel less stress about online learning and have a positive attitude towards it.Downloads
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