The Role of Gender and Age on Students- Perceptions towards Online Education Case Study: Sakarya University, Vocational High School
The aim of this study is to find out and analyze the
role of gender and age on the perceptions of students to the distant
online program offered by Vocational High School in Sakarya
University. The research is based on a questionnaire as a mean of
data collection method to find out the role of age and gender on the
student-s perceptions toward online education, and the study
progressed through finding relationships between the variables used
in the data collection instrument. The findings of the analysis
revealed that although the students registered to the online program
by will, they preferred the traditional face-to-face education due to
the difficulty of the nonverbal communication, their incompetence of
using the technology required, and their belief in traditional face-toface
learning more than online education.
Regarding gender, the results showed that the female students
have a better perception of the online education as opposed to the
male students. Regarding age, the results showed that the older the
students are the more is their preference towards attending face-toface
classes.
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[2] www.sakarya.edu.tr
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[1] Robert H. Woods, Jr. & Jason D. Baker, Interaction and Immediacy in
Online Learning, The International Review of Research in Open and
Distance Learning, Vol 5, No 2 (2004). Retrieved on 4/1/2007from
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/186/268
[2] www.sakarya.edu.tr
[3] Hara, Noriko (1998). Students- Perspectives in a Web-Based Distance
Education Course. Indiana University. Retrieved on 4/3/2005from
http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~nhara/paper/ mwera98.htm
[4] Sherry, L. (1996). Issues in Distance Learning. International Journal of
Educational Telecommunications, 1 (4), 337-365. Retrieved on
4/3/2005from http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~lsherry/pubs/ issues.html
[5] Bouma, G. D. and Atkinson, G. B. J. 1995 A Handbook of Social
Science Research, Oxford: OUP
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role of gender and age on the perceptions of students to the distant
online program offered by Vocational High School in Sakarya
University. The research is based on a questionnaire as a mean of
data collection method to find out the role of age and gender on the
student-s perceptions toward online education, and the study
progressed through finding relationships between the variables used
in the data collection instrument. The findings of the analysis
revealed that although the students registered to the online program
by will, they preferred the traditional face-to-face education due to
the difficulty of the nonverbal communication, their incompetence of
using the technology required, and their belief in traditional face-toface
learning more than online education.
Regarding gender, the results showed that the female students
have a better perception of the online education as opposed to the
male students. Regarding age, the results showed that the older the
students are the more is their preference towards attending face-toface
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