ERIC Number: EJ1017468
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Publication Date: 2013-Jul
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De-Gendering in the Use of E-Learning
Remmele, Bernd; Holthaus, Matthias
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, v14 n3 p27-42 Jul 2013
The starting point of the paper is the co-construction of gender and technology, that is, the theory that the usage of and the attitude to certain kinds of technology are a way to "do" one's gender. A survey is presented that supports the assumption that with the routinization of e-learning in higher education e-learning loses its character as a technology, which can be used for gender performance. With the routinization of its usage e-learning is becoming a gender-neutral tool with no outstanding technological appeal. However, though doing gender may disappear in certain fields the co-construction of gender and technology is still valid as basic structure. Furthermore, the results show that e-learning meanwhile supports the attitude we call "study as consumption", that is, the expectation that the main e-learning features are usual services to be provided by the educational institution. This attitude is to be found among male and female students alike.
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Gender Differences, Science and Society, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Questionnaires, Interviews, Time on Task, Time Factors (Learning), User Needs (Information), Use Studies, Student Attitudes, Program Attitudes
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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