International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Volume 18, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 231-242

Digital immigrants in distance education (Article) (Open Access)

Salazar-Márquezc R.
  • a Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico

Abstract

The constant growth of methods of education that incorporate the Internet into teaching-learning processes has opened up a wide range of opportunities for students across the world to gain entry to undergraduate or graduate degree programs. However, if the enrolling student is a digital immigrant, the chances of success may be limited by the difficulty of using the Internet to communicate. This laid the groundwork for a qualitative study aimed at determining, from an ontological, epistemological, methodological, and instrumental approach, and from a teacher's perspective, the main technical and communication challenges faced by digital immigrants as they follow an online higher-education study program.

Author Keywords

Andragogy online education Higher education Digital immigrants Social networks

Index Keywords

[No Keywords available]

Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029835865&doi=10.19173%2firrodl.v18i6.2967&partnerID=40&md5=6dd303d31a3c155dd8c06dfaf642c619

DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v18i6.2967
ISSN: 14923831
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English