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Attitude of Undergraduate Students towards E-Learning

Ranjit Kumar Behera*, Manas Kumar Seth**

* Ladwa College of Education, Haryana, India.

** Indira College of Education, Markapur, India.

Periodicity:July - September'2023
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.20.2.20049

Abstract

One of the unique contributions of technology in the field of Education is E-learning. The easy accessibility, flexible learning environment, and cost-effectiveness have made e-learning popular among students. Despite its many benefits, several problems have been faced by students, such as a lack of technical knowledge, computer experience, and internet resources, which may decrease their interest in accessing e-learning. In this study, an attempt has been made to examine the attitude of undergraduate students towards e-learning in relation to gender and academic streams. For this, 120 samples were selected from two different colleges using stratified purposive sampling. The Attitude towards elearning scale developed by Dimpal Rani (2015) was adopted to collect data from the samples. Although the results of descriptive analysis revealed a diverse range of attitudes towards e-learning, the maximum number of students (30%) had a highly unfavorable attitude. The results of the variation analysis explained that there was no significant difference between boys and girls towards e-learning. It was also found that there was no significant difference among the attitudes of Arts, Commerce, and Science students towards e-learning.

Keywords

Attitude, Students, E-learning, Online Education, Virtual Classrooms.

How to Cite this Article?

Behera, R. K., and Seth, M. K. (2023). Attitude of Undergraduate Students towards E-Learning. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 20(2), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.20.2.20049

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