Title :
The nature of learners´ email communication
Author :
Le, Thao ; Le, Quynh
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Educ., Univ. of Tasmania, Launceston, Tas., Australia
Abstract :
Email communication has been widely used in tertiary education. It should be used to enhance teaching and learning. A study was conducted in two years with university students in an academic program to investigate the functions of email communication from the learner´s perspectives. A total of 1478 students´ emails were collected for data analysis. The results indicated that students´ email communication was heavily based on management of learning. They were more concerned with clarifying, confirming, requesting to ensure that they were on the ´right track´ and little emphasis was placed on discussion of ideas and concepts.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; electronic mail; teaching; CAI; computer mediated communication; data analysis; e-mail communication; learning; teaching; tertiary education; university students; Computer mediated communication; Computer science education; Context; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Electronic mail; Feedback; Internet; Seminars;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1509-6
DOI :
10.1109/CIE.2002.1185979
