Students computer literacy in distance learning
the case of the education and health at school course
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2011.2018Keywords:
Distance education, Selection process, Candidates and students profile, Basic computing knowledgeAbstract
This paper presents an analysis of the background of candidates who participated in the selection process conducted in a Distance Learning Course of 210 hours. A total of 146 candidates completed the Computing Fundamentals entrance exam, and 130 were approved. The objective of the analysis was to verify if computer literacy had any influence on the student’s performance in the course. The analysis was more focused on the 45 students who concluded the course. The grades in the entrance exam were compared to the final average grade of the six taught modules of the course. Additionally, descriptive statistics were performed, categorizing the data by gender, age, undergraduate subject area, and occupation. It was found that there is no correlation between computer literacy and performance in the course as a whole. It was also found that age did not influence the performance in the course.
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