Enhancing computer-based learning discourse in health education

The emergence of computer in education has become a prevailing phenomenon in a global context, particularly since the advance of the Internet which opens up an information superhighway that transverse time and space to link up many parts of the world. This paper reports a study conducted in an Australian university of views, attitudes and behaviour of students and staff towards the university-wide computer-based learning environment. The findings derived from the quantitative and qualitative data indicate that there are discrepancies between beliefs and behaviour in relation to the use of the Internet in teaching and learning.