Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students
Through the use of technology in education, effectiveness in the teaching and learning process can be achieved. In this project, the researcher wants to identify whether the usage of the electronic mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject will benefit the teaching and learning pro...
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| Language: | English English English |
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2002
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8676/1/24p%20CHEN%20MEI%20CHING.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8676/2/CHEN%20MEI%20CHING%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8676/3/CHEN%20MEI%20CHING%20WATERMARK.pdf |
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| Summary: | Through the use of technology in education, effectiveness in the teaching and
learning process can be achieved. In this project, the researcher wants to identify
whether the usage of the electronic mail in the teaching and learning of a technical
subject will benefit the teaching and learning process or not. Other than that,
researcher wants to identify problems faced in applying the electronic mail in the
teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar
students. Respondents of the project were one class of Polytechnic Ungku Omar
students who were taking Data Communication subject. There were two research
approaches used in getting the data which are qualitative approaches and quantitative
approach. Qualitative data includes data collected through observations, interview
and content analysis. Quantitative data includes data collected through
questionnaires. Data collected reveals that participants used the e-mail in different
ways which brought them various benefits. E-mail was used as a pedagogy of
teaching and learning, medium of communication and tool for different purposes like
academic purposes, general query and query for personal development, socializing,
complaining and suggesting ideas. The use of e-mail was influenced by factors like
gender, personality, experience in using e-mail and the features of the e-mail itself.
However, the problem faced by the students such as slow downloading or server
problems, limited number of computers for use, limited number of computer labs,
many of the computers in the polytechnic were not working properly, crowded
computer lab, compact personal time table, lecturer to students ratio was too high,
difficult to understand the description, do not have enough money to surf at Cyber
Cafe and no free or confirmed access to Internet in Polytechnic have influenced the
use of the electronic mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among
Polytechnic Ungku Omar students |
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