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Population survey statistics

eLearning Chart 16: Perceived best ways to learn

eUSER population survey 2005

Chart 16: Perceived best ways to learn

How well can you learn...	Sample mean	Std. Deviation
... in a group with other learners	3.87	1.27
... with personal advice by a guide or instructor	4.27	1.11
... by teaching yourself without being given instruction	3.42	1.38
... by putting hands on something // learning by doing	4.30	1.07
... by watching or listening to someone and then thinking about it	4.01	1.12
... in traditional teacher-classroom situation	3.73	1.27
... by a self-study course	3.60	1.43

Base: Respondents intending to (re-)use Internet for contact with government at least for one purpose.
"Don't know" responses included in base

The ability to learn plays a vital role for the likelihood that a person takes up lifelong learning. The eUSER survey provides data about the perceived best ways for the respondents to learn, hereby distinguishing about seven modes of learning. Some of these are closer to traditional teacher-classroom type training provision, while others are more likely to correspond positively with Internet-mediated education and learning. Results suggest that modes of learning which have strong direct interaction of the learner with the teacher/instructor and the learning subject are perceived to work best for the biggest share of the population.