Running head: ATTITUDES OF ALNs IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING
Attitudes and Use of ALNs in a University Setting:
Gender Differences and Similarities
University of New Orleans
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Abstract.................................................................................... 3
Introduction................................................................................ 4
Statement of Research Problem......................................................... 5
Review of Literature...................................................................... 5
Research Hypotheses..................................................................... 6
Subjects........................................................................... 7
Instruments....................................................................... 7
Procedures......................................................................... 8
Results...................................................................................... 8
Discussion, Implications, Conclusions................................................. 9
References................................................................................ 12
Table 1, Multivariant test using Hotelling’s T2............................... 13
Figure 1, ALN Learning Components......................................... 14
Figure 2, Significance of P values as research question become abstract.. 15
ALN Survey, the instrument
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With the growth of global information networks such as the World Wide Web, many
universities are integrating Asynchronous Learning Networks into their curricula. This paper
presents the results of a survey of male and female students’ use of and attitudes about ALNs.
Results revealed no significant gender differences. Ease-of-use of the underling computer
components of ALNs reveal that males may be more practiced than females with this technology.
ALNs in a University, Page 3