Students across all knowledge areas report gaining new technological competences from studying online at the UOC¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students across all knowledge areas report acquiring new technological skills through their online education experience. → Rivera-Vargas 2021

Evidence¶

Rivera-Vargas 2021¶

Rivera-Vargas, P., Anderson, T., & Alonso Cano, C. (2021). Exploring students’ learning experience in online education: analysis and improvement proposals based on the case of a Spanish open learning university. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10045-0

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Mixed-methods case study at the Open University of Catalonia combining 30 interviews with a questionnaire completed by 1715 students; the authors state that "students from all areas of knowledge acquired new technologi- cal skills".

"As we see in Fig. 1, students from all areas of knowledge acquired new technologi- cal skills."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Digital Literacy — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Older students perceive greater value of the technological skills acquired through online study — related
• Variables of experience, gender, age and degree do not negatively affect academic interaction or VLE learning performance — related
• Students value the UOC online model's flexibility for combining study with professional and personal life — related