Impact of Health Education Course through E-Learning on the Performance among the Students of KFUPM

Abstract

E-learning (EL) is the use of Information and Communication Technology like , Internet, Computer, Mobile phone, Learning Management System (LMS) and others to enhance teaching and learning activities. The great advantages of e-learning include making interactions between learners and instructors. There has been a large increase in the number of colleges and universities in the world that offer fully online courses and blended courses. The blended courses have a face-to-face component along with an online component. These courses are less costly for universities to offer and provide students with more flexibility than traditional classes. King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia has an E-learning site designed for teaching and learning using module software package. Health education is a professional field that has expanded rapidly, and emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention. Health education builds students' knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes about health. In KFUPM the students have to undergo compulsory PE classes which have a course syllabus containing health education. This study is about the student’s feedback and performance in the traditional and blended health education courses. For this study a total of 480 students (230-term 132 & 250-term 141) were selected as subjects .A questionnaire was selected on the health education for each of the four PE courses, 001, 002. 101 & 102. The students were asked to answer the questionnaire for term 132(traditional course) and 141 (blended). Besides, the performance of the students was analyzed to find the difference between the traditional group and the blended group. The results showed that the percentages of the scores of the blended group for the learning process of the all PE health education course contents were better than the traditional group. Further, the blended group had a significant performance when compared to the traditional group in all health education courses. It was concluded that the e-learning is more effective media in enhancing the performance of the students in the health education course.