Gender in the use of e-learning in Andalusian universities

Autores/as

  • Rosalía Romero Tena University of Sevilla

Palabras clave:

ICT use, gender, higher education e-learning

Resumen

The findings on over the years on gender differences in the use of technology in higher education, data show that compel us to continue to seek the causes of these differences to eliminate them. This article
presents the results and conclusions of the study on the use of e-learning in Andalusian universities.
Here we will present the results of the questionnaire on the perceptions of teachers and professors to 1302 respondents distributed among the universities of Andalusia. The main conclusion we can draw is that they are the teachers who have more technical knowledge and training of the different tools on the platforms but are the teachers that use them more frequently. We found no significant differences in the use of activities that can be performed on the network for the training of their students. But if we find some nuances in the development of materials and activities related to communication.

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2011-04-01