Academic Writing

Part 1:
The Writing Process

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1.11: Introductions and Conclusions
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(f) You cannot deal with every aspect of this topic in an essay, so you must make clear the
boundaries of your study:
Clearly, a study of this type is inevitably restricted by various constraints, notably the size
of the student sample, and this was limited to students of Pharmacy and Agriculture.
(g) Understanding the structure of your work will help the reader to follow your argument:
The paper is structured as follows. The first section presents an analysis of the relevant
research, focusing on the current limited knowledge regarding the student experience. The
second part 
presents the methodology of the survey and an analysis of the findings, and
the final section considers the implications of the results for the delivery of e-learning
programmes.
The complete introduction is as follows:
EVALUATE THE EXPERIENCE OF E-LEARNING FOR 
STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
There is a range of definitions of this term, but in this paper ‘e-learning’ refers to any
type of learning situation where content is delivered via the Internet. Learning is one
of the most vital components of the contemporary knowledge-based economy. With
the development of computing power and technology, the Internet has become an
essential medium for knowledge transfer. Various researchers (Webb and Kirstin,
2003; Honig et al., 2006) have evaluated e-learning in a health care and business
context, but little attention so far has been paid to the reactions of students in higher
education (HE) to this method of teaching. The purpose of this study was to examine
students’ experience of e-learning in an HE context.
A range of studies was first reviewed, and then a survey of 200 students was
conducted to assess their experience of e-learning. Clearly, a study of this type is
inevitably restricted by various constraints, notably the size of the student sample,
and this was limited to students of Pharmacy and Agriculture. The paper is
structured as follows. The first section presents an analysis of the relevant research,
focusing on the current limited knowledge regarding the student experience. The
second part
presents the methodology of the survey and an analysis of the findings,
and the final section considers the implications of the results for the delivery of e-
learning programmes.
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