STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE OF E-GROUP COLLABORATION LEARNING

Adam Marks

2011

Abstract

Online students in higher education are increasingly using Electronic Group Collaboration learning tools such as Discussion Forums, Blogs, Wikis, and Journals within their course environment. This study discusses some of these new online group-collaborative tools, and the extent to which they are being used. This study also investigates the level of acceptance of learners of these tools. The findings of this study describe the number and type of Electronic Group Collaboration tools most preferred by online students, and the reasons behind their preference.

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Marks A. (2011). STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE OF E-GROUP COLLABORATION LEARNING . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-56-0, pages 269-274. DOI: 10.5220/0003409602690274


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@conference{iceis11,
author={Adam Marks},
title={STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE OF E-GROUP COLLABORATION LEARNING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={269-274},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003409602690274},
isbn={978-989-8425-56-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE OF E-GROUP COLLABORATION LEARNING
SN - 978-989-8425-56-0
AU - Marks A.
PY - 2011
SP - 269
EP - 274
DO - 10.5220/0003409602690274