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标题：Catch Me I’m Falling. Using Technology to Assist Educationally Disadvantaged Students: A Case Study on the Western region of Melbourne, Australia.
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作者：Helen Madden-Hallett ; Henry Ho
期刊名称：International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
电子版ISSN：1814-0556
出版年度：2008
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：47-59
出版社：University of the West Indies
摘要：This study examines the use of WebCT as a communication and learning facilitation tool in higher education. The case study is based on marketing students' experience of using WebCT in an undergraduate businessdegree in Victoria University, Melbourne. A sample of 328 undergraduate students, draw n from four marketing subjects, was selected. Students from non-English speaking backgrounds made up almost half the respondents and they indicated that certain add-onfeatures of WebCT would be of interest to them and assist them in their studies. Age and gender were also measured and the findings indicated that students aged between 18 and 24 were more likely to use WebCT as a learning tool and socialising medium while older students (older than 24) were less likely to do so. Gender differences were also identified with females more likely to use WebCT for communication purposes and that they generally found WebCT easier to use than their male counterparts. It is recommended that further study be undertaken to establish WebCT's contribution to subject management and students' ease of use, thereby establishing more fully WebCT's overall contribution as a teaching and learning resource
关键词：Online learning; WebC;T; Educationally Disadvantaged Students