Title: Student's online learning acceptance rate

Authors: Christos Karakirios; Gerassimos T. Kekkeris

Addresses: Primary Education Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Nea Chili, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece ' Primary Education Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Nea Chili, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece

Abstract: Currently, there is an increasing interest in the introduction of web-based technologies in education. Online learning is evolutionary and is spreading rapidly in an attempt to cover the obstacles of distance, time pressure, educational costs, and even environmental factors. One of the main factors interfering with its usage is the acceptance rate it faces by its participants. In this paper, dependant factors for this form of learning has been investigated through a course applied to a Greek primary education department students.

Keywords: e-learning; electronic learning; asynchronous learning; online learning; acceptance rates; Moodle; student acceptance; Greece; primary education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASS.2014.065692

International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 2014 Vol.5 No.4, pp.276 - 289

Accepted: 28 Nov 2013
Published online: 14 Nov 2014 *

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