Presentation of a research study where students perspectives about e-learning programs in higher education are analyzed

1. INTED 2011 E-learning Programs inhighereducation: BenefitsandLimits fromstudents’ perspective Neuza Pedro; Susana Lemos; Luana Wunsch INSTITUTO DE EDUCAÇÃO DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

3. Tradicional face-to-face colleges

4. 22.245 students

5. 11 Faculties/Institutes:

6. Sciences

7. Law

8. Social Sciences

9. Psychology

10. Education

11. Geography

12. Arts

13. Letters

14. Pharmacy

15. Medicine

18. Data analysis of the each faculty baseline regarding the use of LMS and other e-learning solutions

19. Analysis of the level of maturity, stability and robustness of technological infra-structure

20. Meetings with the direction boards

23. Creating a shared vision of e-learning;

24. Amplify the number of students;

25. Makes possible for the university to go beyond its traditional audience;

26. Promote closer relationships with other higher education institutions;

28. Development of multi-disciplinary projects and new inter-institutional courses;

29. Dissemination of faculties’ prestige;

30. Efficiency and regularity in the communication process;

32. The opportunity for updating graduate programs

33. Rethink teaching methodologies;

35. To search for alternative and innovative sources of funding;

36. To promote connections between the previous experience that freshmen-students bring form the secondary schools.

37. INHIBIT FACTORS:

39. teaching-learning process quality improvement;

40. Centralized access to all the information;

41. Higher regularity and closeness in the communication between faculties and student;

42. Establishing online contact with other students doing outside campus-research;

43. Schedules flexibility = time for course-organized field trips and/or to get more deeply involvement in research projects;

45. Contribute to separate students from the university;

46. The risk of excessive centralization in content-transference;

47. Lost of interpersonal dimension of learning.

49. INTED 2011 Thankyou! Neuza Pedro (nspedro@ie.ul.pt) Susana Lemos (silemos@ie.ul.pt) Luana Wunsch (lpriscila@campus.ul.pt) Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa