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Integrating a virtual learning environment into a second‐year accounting course: determinants of overall student perception
Author(s) -
Wells Paul,
De Lange Paul,
Fieger Peter
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-629X
pISSN - 0810-5391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-629x.2007.00249.x
Subject(s) - blackboard (design pattern) , virtual learning environment , perception , psychology , course (navigation) , knowledge management , medical education , mathematics education , computer science , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , neuroscience , programming language , aerospace engineering
Rapid acceptance of, and changes in, information technology are revolutionizing the way educators teach and students learn. This study reports on the use of Blackboard as a tool for creating a virtual learning environment (VLE). Responses from undergraduate accounting students in New Zealand provide data on the use of the VLE as a learning aid. Findings suggest that the students have openly embraced the VLE and support its adoption by faculty members in other courses. However, students appear unwilling to actively participate in two‐way online activities. This has implications for faculty contemplating the adoption of a VLE in their courses.