Learners’ Perceptions on the Structure and Usefulness of e-Resources for the Thesis Courses

• Authors: Naghmeh Aghaee , Henrik Hansson , Matti Tedre , Ulrika Drougge
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education is a way to facilitate interaction and accessing information for learning in higher education. However, finding a set of structured e-resources to facilitate learning within specific courses is still a big challenge in most higher education institutions. This includes the problems and challenges for thesis courses in both undergraduate (Bachelor) and graduate (Master) level in Sweden. To overcome or reduce the problems and enhance quality of outcomes in thesis courses, the department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) at Stockholm University has developed a Learning Support System, SciPro (Scientific Process), to support the thesis process. The aim of this study is to investigate learners’ perspectives on the usefulness of structured e-resources in SciPro, to reduce challenges for finding information related to the thesis process. This was done based on an open online survey, carried out in 2012-2013 of students’ perspectives at DSV. The study found the actual problems that students have encountered in the thesis courses and hence suggested a general model as a way forward to sort the e-resources to reduce the problems in the thesis process.

Keywords

EN

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Learning Support System (LSS); SciPro; Thesis; Thesis courses

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 154-171

Dates

published

2014-07-01

online

2014-12-11

Contributors

author

Naghmeh Aghaee

• Department of Computer & Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Forum 100, 164 40 Kista, Sweden

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Henrik Hansson

• Department of Computer & Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Forum 100, 164 40 Kista, Sweden

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Matti Tedre

• Department of Computer & Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Forum 100, 164 40 Kista, Sweden

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Ulrika Drougge

• Department of Computer & Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Forum 100, 164 40 Kista, Sweden

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/eurodl-2014-0011