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Cross-national comparison of gender discrepancies in distance education

Published:2024-04-01 Issue:2 Volume:14 Page:e202421
ISSN:1986-3497
Container-title:Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies
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Short-container-title:ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

Author:

Fidalgo Patricia¹^ORCID,Thormann Joan²^ORCID,Kulyk Oleksandr³^ORCID,Alberto Lencastre José⁴^ORCID,Figueiras Maria João⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2. Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, USA

3. Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, UKRAINE

4. University of Minho, Braga, PORTUGAL

5. Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abstract

This research focused on gender discrepancies regarding students’ opinions about distance education (DE). Data was gathered from Emirati, Portuguese, and Ukrainian university students through an online survey during the first term of the 2020/21 academic year before the war in Ukraine. A qualitative content analysis was used to understand gender discrepancies among the participants. Results show that greater gender discrepancies occurred in the categories of overall opinions and usefulness of DE. Men found DE more helpful and had a more positive opinion about DE overall. The discrepancies between males and females were smaller in several other categories, such as distractions and time management issues. Interestingly, the comments made by men and women focused on different aspects of these categories.

Publisher

Bastas Publications

Link

https://www.ojcmt.net/download/cross-national-comparison-of-gender-discrepancies-in-distance-education-14408.pdf

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