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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Main Author:	Chen, Mei Ching
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	LC Special aspects of education LC980-1099.5 Types of education
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.86762023-05-02T02:15:18Z Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students 2002-09 Chen, Mei Ching LC Special aspects of education LC980-1099.5 Types of education 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 2002-09 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8676/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8676/1/24p%20CHEN%20MEI%20CHING.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8676/2/CHEN%20MEI%20CHING%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8676/3/CHEN%20MEI%20CHING%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn Fakulti Teknologi Kejuruteraan
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spellingShingle	LC Special aspects of education LC980-1099.5 Types of education Chen, Mei Ching Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students
description	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
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Chen, Mei Ching
author_facet	Chen, Mei Ching
author_sort	Chen, Mei Ching
title	Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students
title_short	Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students
title_full	Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students
title_fullStr	Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students
title_sort	investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among polytechnic ungku omar students
granting_institution	Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn
granting_department	Fakulti Teknologi Kejuruteraan
publishDate	2002
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Investigating the use of the e-mail in the teaching and learning of a technical subject among Polytechnic Ungku Omar Students

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