Abstract
A more extensive use of virtual tools in teaching-learning processes needs a professors’ and students’ proactive attitude, positive experiences, and improvement in their implementation. A cross-sectional study was carried out to know the perceptions of private university students from Lima on the use of the necessary elements for an English language virtual classroom. The sample was composed of 150 accounting students from five universities, whose perceptions on virtual classroom elements were assessed and compared to their previous experiences. Most students were in favor of using the virtual classroom and its different elements, and those who had a previous experience with virtual classrooms were more in favor of using reminders, chats, forums, e-mails and online exercises (p<0,05). In sum, most students were in favor of using the virtual classroom and having a previous experience favors a more positive perception towards online learning tools.
Highlights
Virtual education provides a knowledge transfer opportunity for students by means of teaching-learning processes supported on various strategies that encourage studying, so that students can learn or teach through this learning system.The virtual classroom is one of the student motivation strategies that supports on technologies used in educational environments through various e-learning platforms [1]
From the 150 student volunteers from five universities located in Lima Metropolitana, Table 1 shows that they belong to 20-24 age range and were registered in the last terms of their programs
Most students (57.3%) were in favour that the English course content must be uploaded to the virtual classroom to improve their knowledge of the English language
Summary
Virtual education provides a knowledge transfer opportunity for students by means of teaching-learning processes supported on various strategies that encourage studying, so that students can learn or teach through this learning system. The virtual classroom is one of the student motivation strategies that supports on technologies used in educational environments through various e-learning platforms [1]. E-learning is getting more popular in higher education [2] with ICT applications that offer many learning options for students [3] and foster self-managed learning by giving students more access to virtual environments [4]. When students apply e-learning, they can fully manage their pace of study, since they no longer need to attend face-to-face lectures on campus [5].
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