ERIC Number: EJ1127170
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jan
Pages: 8
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Determinants of Internet Use for Interactive Learning: An Exploratory Study
Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, v4 n1 p24-31 Jan 2015
The use of the Internet in higher education teaching can facilitate the interactive learning process and thus improve educational outcomes. The aim of the study presented here is to explore which variables are linked to higher intensity of Internet-based interactive educational practices. The study is based on data obtained from an online survey of students from three different types of universities: a face-to-face university (University of Barcelona, UB), a technological face-to-face university (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech, UPC), and a virtual university (Open University of Catalonia, UOC). The data analysis shows that students who indicate high levels of benefit from Internet usage are those who use it most for interactive learning processes. It also shows the existence of other variables that, regardless of benefit, are linked to the intensity of Internet usage for interactive teaching-learning processes.
Descriptors: Use Studies, Internet, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Data Collection, Online Surveys, Student Surveys, College Students, Foreign Countries, Universities, Virtual Universities, Conventional Instruction, Blended Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Comparative Analysis, Interaction, Learning Processes, Outcomes of Education, Correlation, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain (Barcelona)
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