Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies
Publication Date
1-1-2024
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.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Bastas Publications
Volume
14
Issue
2
First Page
e202421
Last Page
e202421
Disciplines
Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
Distance education, Gender discrepancies, Online survey, Qualitative content analysis, Student opinions
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Fidalgo, Patricia; Thormann, Joan; Kulyk, Oleksandr; Alberto Lencastre, José; and Figueiras, Maria João, "Cross-national comparison of gender discrepancies in distance education" (2024). All Works. 6532.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/6532
Indexed in Scopus
no
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series