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A Means to an End: Perceptions about Online Learning at a Historically Black University
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, Winston Salem State University, United States ; , , University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-90-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how perceptions about online learning affect nontraditional African American students’ participation in online world literature courses at a historically Black university (HBCU) in the southeastern United States. An instrumental case study was the research design used. Data were collected from individual interviews of participants and non-participatory observations of Blackboard course shells were analyzed through content analysis. The findings of the study explained how nontraditional African American students were drawn to online learning for the convenience. While many participants found learning to be accessible and convenient through online courses, many of them were frustrated by slow response and feedback by online instructors and technical problems which may have occurred due to lack of savvy with online learning or Blackboard technicalities.

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Merrills, J.M., Cooper, J. & Bird, N. (2011). A Means to an End: Perceptions about Online Learning at a Historically Black University. In C. Ho & M. Lin (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2011--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 2446-2451). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 6, 2024 from .

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