Students’ Media Preferences in Online Learning

Year 2017, Volume: 18 Issue: 3, 4 - 15, 01.07.2017

Michiko Kobayashı

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.328925

Cited By: 8

Abstract

This study examined students’ preferred media in online learning and its relationship with learner characteristics and online technology self-efficacy. One hundred six college students in a mid-size U.S. university responded to a survey. The frequency analysis showed that students did not necessarily favor rich media over lean media in online learning. They preferred recorded online slide presentations with audio to Internet-based live video lectures in two-way video and audio interactions. Online discussion boards and chat groups were less favored than other types of media. As expected, online technology self-efficacy was correlated with a type of media requiring a relatively higher level of technology skills. The paper presents the results and discusses their implications of the study.

Keywords

Media preferences, online technology self-efficacy, online interaction, higher education

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