Postgraduate Distance Education in University of Cape Coast, Ghana: Students’ Perspectives

Abstract

The study explored perceptions of postgraduate distance education students of University of Cape Coast (UCC). Specifically, associations between UCC postgraduate distance students’ characteristics and satisfaction, as well as students’ perceptions of physical facilities, staff-students relationship, facilitator quality, and student support services were examined. Determinants of students’ satisfaction regarding physical facilities, staff-students relationship, facilitator quality, and student support services were also investigated. A census was used for the study, whereby a questionnaire was used to collect data from 125 students. It was revealed that satisfaction was not dependent on age, gender, or programme of study but was significantly related to study centre location and semester of study. The students were generally satisfied with physical facilities, staff-students relationship, and facilitator quality but were unimpressed with student support services. The three domains that students were impressed with were deemed to be determinants of their satisfaction. It was recommended that those aspects of the programme that received satisfactory responses should be maintained but improved on with time. Those aspects with unfavourable responses, on the other hand, were to be critically considered for immediate improvement.

Ön Lisans ve Lisans Öğrencilerinin E-Öğrenmeye Yönelik Motivasyonlarının Uzaktan Eğitim Beklentileri Açısından İncelenmesi

“…When these factors were examined, most of them can be repeated around themes such as the need for technical infrastructure (internet connection, hardware demand), students and instructors not having enough self-efficacy to use technological tools, students not being able to interact with the instructors enough, not getting feedback. Furthermore, the possibility of repeating the lessons as many times as they want and studying in a flexible environment was listed as the theme of advantages (Andoh, Appiah & Agyei, 2020;Bakioğlu ve Çevik, 2020;Yılmaz-İnce, Kabul & Diler, 2020;Yolcu, 2020). According to all these results, in the following title, some suggestions for future studies were presented, considering the position of distance education in the Covid-19 pandemic process and its effect.…”

Views of Physical Education Teachers on Distance Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic Period: A Qualitative Study

“…Chan et al (2007) in their study in another pandemic period; They demonstrated that distance education, which enables the sharing of information during pandemic periods, is a great advantage in meeting the necessary education need. In another study they conducted on university students, Andoh et al (2020) revealed that the most intense view of students about distance education is to use technological facilities more effectively. In another study expressing the same opinion, it is stated that the aspect of distance education, which is considered as the advantage of technology, improves skills in the use of technology and raises awareness about the importance of technology in education (De Paepe et al, 2018).…”

Student Learning Satisfaction During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Experience Of Russian Universities

“…Previous researches have highlighted that students have a positive attitude towards E-learning (Alamri et al, 2019;Smolyaninova & Bezyzvestnykh, 2019). Nonetheless, some studies have shown that satisfaction with distance learning or its individual tools depends on gender (Ortega-Sanchez & Gomez-Trigueros, 2020), university (Andoh et al, 2020;Ortega-Sanchez & Gomez-Trigueros, 2020), and a year or course of study (Andoh et al, 2020). Other studies, on the contrary, have revealed that satisfaction with distance learning does not depend on age, gender, or curriculum (Andoh et al, 2020).…”

“…Nonetheless, some studies have shown that satisfaction with distance learning or its individual tools depends on gender (Ortega-Sanchez & Gomez-Trigueros, 2020), university (Andoh et al, 2020;Ortega-Sanchez & Gomez-Trigueros, 2020), and a year or course of study (Andoh et al, 2020). Other studies, on the contrary, have revealed that satisfaction with distance learning does not depend on age, gender, or curriculum (Andoh et al, 2020). In addition, most of the previous research were conducted among students who chose E-learning voluntarily.…”