For supporting the effectiveness and efficiency of the students\u2019 learning and the educators\u2019 teaching, as a favored approach in recent years, e-learning technology has been widely used in the academic institutes. However, with regarding to the students community, how much they use the e-learning technology, what types of e-learning methods are being mainly used by the students, as well as the barriers for enjoying the advantages of e-technology, remain interesting topics for the educators to explore. This article, by focusing on these issues, through an investigation among the students within a higher education institute, presents an understanding regarding the usage of e-learning methods, and the factors hindering the efficacy of their usage among the students, as well as a primary analysis on the usage difference between undergraduate and postgraduate students.<\/p>","DOI":"10.4018\/ijea.2009040102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,5]],"date-time":"2013-02-05T22:37:44Z","timestamp":1360103864000},"page":"23-35","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Exploration on E-learning Methods and Factors Hindering their Usage"],"prefix":"10.4018","volume":"1","author":[{"given":"Chengbo","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Glasgow Caledonian University, UK"}]},{"given":"Baomin","family":"Qi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Bolton, UK"}]}],"member":"2432","container-title":["International Journal of E-Adoption"],"original-title":[],"language":"ng","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/viewtitle.aspx?TitleId=34043","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,1]],"date-time":"2022-06-01T20:57:55Z","timestamp":1654117075000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/services.igi-global.com\/resolvedoi\/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018\/ijea.2009040102"}},"subtitle":["An Empirical Case Investigation"],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2009,4,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,4]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/ijea.2009040102","relation":{},"ISSN":["1937-9633","1937-9641"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1937-9633","type":"print"},{"value":"1937-9641","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2009,4,1]]}}}