On-Line Teaching Using E-mail Communication
On-Line Teaching Using E-mail Communication

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze the impact of using on-line communication, especially e-mail, with students in order to improve class activities. The first part presents theoretical issues related to on-line teaching techniques. Researchers from all over the world are interested more and more to develop online communication techniques that can incorporate the most recent facilities offered by the internet. Professor Paulsen's correlation table regarding on-line teaching methods, devices, and techniques represents a reference in this field. Numerous scientific papers used this correlation table and developed the subject. One category in Paulsen's table refers to one-to-many on-line communication using pre-defined e-mail lists. After presenting and analyzing the main advantages and disadvantages of this method, I sustain that the advantages are significantly higher than the disadvantages. The second part presents the context for implementing one-to-many on-line communication using e-mails. The location is represented by the Bucharest University of Economics. For empirical testing, this location is recommendable because it offers to students wide access to the internet for free and encourages students to use modern technologies. The third part is based on 118 answers given by the students in the 3rd year at the Faculty of Finance, Assurance, Banks and Stock Exchange. The students had to fill in a questionnaire with 8 points regarding internet usage in their study and the opportunity of using it in relation with the teacher. The analysis of the responses confirmed my main expectations regarding the utility of e-mail communication between teacher and students. Unfortunately, there was also a point where the answers did not confirm the expectations: students are not quite interested in challenging applications, they prefer simplified, hypothetical exercises.

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