An Empirical Study of Potential Challenges and Benefits of Implementing E-Learning in Sri Lanka

Gunawardana, Kennedy D.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2931316

Cited by 7 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Researchers found that "those harassed by known peers were about five times more likely to have used the internet to harass someone they were mad at than youth not harassed". This one were confirmed by Gunawardana, K D (2005) In addition to that the study shows an impressive result in which females were found to be much more likely to engage in cyberbullying activities than their male counterparts.…”

Section: Review Of Existing Other Literaturesupporting

confidence: 65%

“…Koing, Gollwitzr, & Steffgen (2010), Gunawardana, K D (2005) in their study found that revenge/retaliation as a motivational factor contributes significantly to the increase in cyberbullying activities in cyber space.…”

Section: Review Of Existing Other Literaturementioning

confidence: 92%

“…Cyber -Bullying has been increasing in online environment at an explosive rate like no other. Gunawardana, K D (2005) Researches believes the increasing online shared life among youngsters such as university students has contributed significantly for the dramatic increase in cyberbullying behaviors. (Campell, 2005;Dehue, Bolman and Vollink 2008).…”

Section: Background Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

An analysis of the Attitude Towards Cyberbullying and Cyber Victimization Among the University Students of Sri Lanka

Suriyabandara¹

2017

WJSS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Cyberbullying is a form of bullying that occurs through technological means, such as social networking, instant messaging and through mails. It can be constant, and at other times may occur in isolated incidents, but despite the timeline of progression, some scholars argue that the effects are almost always catastrophic (Kowalski, Limber, & Agatston, 2012). With the emergence of internet and sophisticated cyber technologies, real words bullies have been applied to cyberspaces by those who tend to be aggressive without being aware of the potential harm they cause to another person. This has become an intriguing area for academics and practitioners. The present study aims at explaining the attitude towards cyberbullying and cyber victimization among the university students in Sri Lank in terms of their personality factors. A short form of Eysenck personality Questionnaire, Rank scale for cyberbullying indexes were given for 113 university students. The frequency statistics and person correlation of coefficients were carried out in analyzing data. The most important findings of the study is that, the attitude towards cyberbullying and cyber victimization was related to psychoticism and extraversion dimensions of personality. Regarding the cyber victimization levels, it was found that most of the participants were subjected to cyber victimization at least in one occasion in their life. Results indicate that Female participants were more likely to be subjected to cyber victimization than the males. Further, it was found that anonymous calls, creating fake profiles or web pages are the most popular methods used by university students for cyberbullying.

show abstract

Section: Review Of Existing Other Literaturesupporting

confidence: 65%

Section: Review Of Existing Other Literaturementioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Background Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

An analysis of the Attitude Towards Cyberbullying and Cyber Victimization Among the University Students of Sri Lanka

Suriyabandara¹

2017

WJSS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Leadership and support from senior management are identified as critical factors for successful implementation (Birch & Burnett, 2009;Browne et al, 2010). Gunawardena (2005) points out that for e-learning to succeed in the developing world, it needs to build on another important pillar: the existence of infrastructure, along with connectivity. Developing countries like Kenya still face a lot of challenges while implementing e-learning which requires advanced level of technological infrastructure and heavy investment of resources especially at the initial stages.…”

Section: Implementation Of E-learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges of implementing e-learning in Kenya: A case of Kenyan public universities

Tarus

Gichoya

Muumbo

2015

IRRODL

189

176

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper, we discuss the challenges experienced by Kenyan public universities in implementation of e-learning and recommend possible solutions towards its successful implementation. In the last few years, most Kenyan public universities have adopted e-learning as a new approach to teaching and learning. However, the implementation challenges faced by these universities have continued to impact negatively on its effective utilization. This paper presents the findings from a survey of 148 staff of three Kenyan public universities who are currently using e-learning in blended mode approach. The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges hindering the implementation of e-learning in Kenyan public universities. Data was collected through questionnaires, in-depth interviews and document analysis. The findings reveal that elearning comes with some challenges that must be addressed by Kenyan public universities before successful implementation can be realized. However, the benefits and opportunities presented by e-learning far outweigh the challenges. The paper finally recommends some possible solutions that public universities could embrace towards successful implementation of e-learning.

show abstract

“…Therefore, our effort was to find out whether students could successfully learn only using an OLE where they would find less instructor support but more learnercontent interactions. The study was conducted in a country where students have less computer facilities and poor network bandwidth [19].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learners' Satisfaction, Learning Style Preferences and Effective Use of an OLE

Weerasinghe¹,

Ramberg²,

Hewagamage³

2008

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract-This paper presents the results of an empirical study conducted with a set of students using an online learning environment (OLE) to follow a distance education program. The aim of the study was to find whether students could perform well in examinations using only the Learning Management System (LMS), whether they could use it in an efficient way and whether there was a relationship between students' learning styles, number of LMS hits and learning achievements. The students were given access to a specially designed course section.The students' learning achievements were evaluated in two tests at different intervals. The study data were gathered using questionnaires and LMS statistics. We found that once the students got acquainted with the environment they could use the LMS more efficiently and managed to get high scores by only using the LMS. Results associated with the learning style preferences imply that we have designed the learning content and the environment to satisfy and support the learners with different learning style preferences.

show abstract

An Empirical Study of Potential Challenges and Benefits of Implementing E-Learning in Sri Lanka

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

An analysis of the Attitude Towards Cyberbullying and Cyber Victimization Among the University Students of Sri Lanka

An analysis of the Attitude Towards Cyberbullying and Cyber Victimization Among the University Students of Sri Lanka

Challenges of implementing e-learning in Kenya: A case of Kenyan public universities

Learners' Satisfaction, Learning Style Preferences and Effective Use of an OLE

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About