Faculty of medicine students' attitudes towards electronic learning and their opinion for an example of distance learning application

Learning with mobile technologies – Students’ behavior

“…There are few studies that investigate specifically the medical education area (Briz-Ponce & García-Peñalvo, 2015;Chatterley & Chojecki, 2010;Fayaz-Bakhsh & Geravandi, 2015;Sezer, 2016;Thakre & Thakre, 2015;Vafa & Chico, 2013), so this discussion consider not only the studies performed with medical students, but also the general studies performed with the student's attitudes for e-learning or m-learning.…”

“…This Organization has affirmed that m-learning has a great potential in the quality of learning and enhancing the good student's results (UNESCO, 2009). The drivers that could influence in students' behaviour to use mobile technologies for learning, have been considered an engaging factor to assay in many researches (Arteaga, Duarte, & García, 2013;Briz-Ponce & García-Peñalvo, 2015;Chen, 2011;Hong, Thong, & Tam, 2006;Lee & Lehto, 2013;S anchez & Hueros, 2010;Sezer, 2016;Thakre & Thakre, 2015).…”

“…S anchez and Hueros (2010) make an analysis of virtual teaching platforms for distance learning and the use of TAM whereas Sezer (2016) reveals that the factors of gender and the academic success affects significantly towards students' attitudes towards elearning.…”

Distance learning for training business game tutors

“…Griffiths (2016, p. 2) presents a definition of DL "[…] as a planned teaching-learning process that uses one or more technologies as a conduit for learning when students are separated from the instructor […]" and she continues "Interactions may be in real-time (synchronous) or delayed (asynchronous) […]". Goodrich (2016) analyzed the improvement of distance education for disabled students, Sezer (2016) analyzed the attitudes and opinions of students about DL, Bagdonas et al (2010) analyzed the use of simulating and gaming to enhance entrepreneurship, Wolfe et al (2002) compared learning outcomes and supposed internet-associated benefits of using a game in Distance Education, Batista & Cornachione Junior (2005) analyzed the effect of learning styles on satisfaction and perceived learning on online games, and Hafeez et al (2014) studied the demand for technology by users of DL in Turkey. Although technology is part of the definition of Distance Education given by Griffiths (2016), it has brought more than the possibilities of creating learning environments; it furnishes devices and infrastructure which can dramatically change the teaching learning process.…”

Distance learning for training business game tutors

“…Griffiths (2016, p. 2) presents a definition of DL "(...) as a planned teaching-learning process that uses one or more technologies as a conduit for learning when students are separated from the instructor(...)" and she continues "(...) Interactions may be in real-time (synchronous) or delayed (asynchronous) (...)". Goodrich (2016) analyzed the improvement of distance education for disabled students, Sezer (2016) analyzed the attitudes and opinions of students regarding DL, Bagdonas et al (2010) analyzed the use of simulating and gaming to enhance entrepreneurship, Wolfe; Flores; Ritchie (2002) compared learning outcomes and supposed internet-associated benefits of using a game in Distance Education, Batista et Cornachione Jr. (2005) analyzed the effect of learning styles on satisfaction and perceived learning on online games, and Hafeez, Gujjar, Noreen (2014) studied the demand for technology by users of DL in Turkey. Although technology is part of the definition of Distance Education given by Griffiths (2016), it has brought more than the possibilities of creating learning environments; it furnishes devices and infrastructure which can dramatically change the teaching-learning process.…”