Students’ Perception on using e-Learning Resources as Educational Support Material: A Case study

Abstract

Blended learning is regarded as an effective and low risk strategy which help universities to gradually transform the study programs with the latest technological developments. This study attempts to analyze user perception and requirements of e-learning as part of an ongoing research to develop e-Learning material for a Moodle based e-Learning Management System (ELMS). Student community of an agriculture higher education institution was selected as the study community. A questionnaire survey was used to gather data from a study sample of 182 undergraduates from a selected higher education institution. Data were analyzed using descriptive methods. According to the findings, electronic learning resources were more popular among students when compared to library material. Majority of the students used their personal devices such as mobile phones and laptop computers to access the ELMS. The students preferred to use electronic learning resources and suggested producing more interactive learning materials such as video lectures, which they can use for self-studying.