Students’ Adoption of Distance Education Environments: an Action Research of a Non-Thesis Masters’ Program

Year 2011, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 135 - 0, 01.05.2011

Muhammet Berigel Hasan Karal

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the factors in students‘ adoption of a distance education environment. An action research model was used for this study. The researcher was the system administrator of the learning management system. The action research methodology was used to profile student‘s adaption process. The findings are obtained from the researchers‘ observations and data collected from the learning management system. The study included 132 students enrolled in Educational Administration, Controlling, Planning, and Economics non-thesis Master‘s program. The results suggest that organizational structure and the technologies used are the main factors in assisting students to adopt distance education and reducing the adoption period

Keywords

Distance education, adoption to distance education, action research

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