TY - JOUR AU - Remmele, Bernd AU - Holthaus, Matthias PY - 2013/07/05 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - De-gendering in the use of e-learning JF - The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning JA - IRRODL VL - 14 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v14i3.1299 UR - https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1299 SP - 27-42 AB - The starting point of the paper is the co-construction of gender and technology, that is, the theory that the usage of and the attitude to certain kinds of technology are a way to “do” one’s gender. A survey is presented that supports the assumption that with the routinization of e-learning in higher education e-learning loses its character as a technology, which can be used for gender performance. With the routinization of its usage e-learning is becoming a gender-neutral tool with no outstanding technological appeal. However, though doing gender may disappear in certain fields the co-construction of gender and technology is still valid as basic structure. Furthermore, the results show that e-learning meanwhile supports the attitude we call <em>study as consumption</em>, that is, the expectation that the main e-learning features are usual services to be provided by the educational institution. This attitude is to be found among male and female students alike. ER -