Investigating readiness levels of sports science faculty students towards e-learning

Abstract

Today technology takes over the burden of men with a lot of developments and innovation. In the education field, many developments can be seen too. The concept of ‘readiness’ is one of the most important key factors in E-learning. As readiness makes learning easier, e-learning becomes easier as well. However, E-learning seems required under today’s conditions. Even though Physical Education and Sports are based commonly on practising, it is possible to consider e-learning in the sports field. The purpose of this study is to determine readiness levels of sports science faculty students towards e-learning concerning some variables. The sample and population of this study consisted of 348 sports science faculty students (215 males, 133 females) from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Trakya, Siirt and Muş university. In this study ‘Readiness of University Students Towards E-learning Scale’ developed by Yurdugül and Demir (2017) and a question form developed by researcher were used as a data collection tool. The scale consists of 33 items and 6 factors including computer self-efficacy, internet self-efficacy, online communication self-efficacy, self-directed learning, learner control and motivation towards e-learning. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was found as 0.93. In conclusion, sports science faculty students have readiness for e-learning. However, when subdimensions were compared in itself, motivation towards e-learning, self-learning, and learner’s control subdimensions were determined to have significant differences.

Keywords: Sports science faculty, student, e-learning, readiness for e-learning.

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