Title:	ECONOMIC EDUCATION AND INTERNET EVIDENCE FROM ONE UNIVERSITY SURVEY
Author(s):	Elsa Fontainha
ISBN:	978-972-8924-48-5
Editors:	Kinshuk, Demetrios G. Sampson, J. Michael Spector and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2007
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Blended Learning; Economic Education; Virtual University; Web Course Enhanced; Computers In Undergraduate Teaching Of Economics
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	309
Last Page:	312
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	The goal of the research is to identify the ways trough which Internet is used in the teaching of economics and management. The opinions about the pros and cons of Internet to the students as they are perceived by the teachers are also analyzed. The empirical approach is based on the results of survey carried out by the author at a Portuguese University including five different Schools (n=526). The present analysis is focused on Economics and Management teachers (n=108). The most frequent practices are communication with students and colleagues by e-mail and course web pages and sites of other universities. Most of the teachers agree that the Internet in University education has more advantages than disadvantages, increase the exchange of teaching experiences and requires an extra effort from the teacher. The effects on students as it is perceived by the teachers are evaluated in diverse forms: there is a strong agreement about the increase in communication between student and teacher, and about the increase in students motivation; in general the linguistic barrier created by Internet is not considered as important to the students; opinions about the increase of students success level and the students absenteeism show a large frequency of neutral teachers’ answers, neither agree or disagree. The teacher survey is a component of a larger project which also includes a student’s survey which mirrors some of the questions of the teachers’ survey.
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