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INTERNATIONAL OFFSHORE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS Steven Wdowik and Kathy Michael, Victoria University, Australia The recent advancement in
information communication technologies (ICT) provides new
communication channels to promote out of classroom contact between
faculty and students. A distinctive gap in the literature identified
the need to gauge international offshore student’s perceptions of
virtual office hours (VOH). The study surveyed 186 international
offshore undergraduate students across three offshore campuses and
addressed the following: (a) explored international offshore
undergraduate students’ perceptions of VOH and (b) examined the
relationship between offshore student’s skills and usage towards
Internet and ICT and their willingness to use VOH. The majority of
international offshore students indicated a positive interest in VOH. |
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