Research Highlight -- Virtual learning via cyber space.
Researcher Rasaya Marimuthu and his team from Universiti
Teknologi MARA conducted a study to determine the online
learning strategies of male and female students in an English
Language course. Utilizing computers as a tool in education
appears to be gaining momentum. There appears to be varying
levels of interest in this method of online learning. This study
attempted to investigate the relationship and differences (if
any) of five variables, motivation, self monitoring, internet
literacy, internet anxiety and concentration of students when
engaging in online studying. The study showed that there were no
significant differences in the online learning experiences
between male and female students. However, there existed
correlations among some of the variables and also according to
their gender. This study revealed that the respondents both male
and female exhibited high levels of motivation, degree of self
-monitoring, level of internet literacy and level