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Student Perceptions of Quality and Satisfaction in Online Education
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Simpson, Jill M.; Benson, Angela D. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine student perceptions of quality and satisfaction in regionally accredited online courses. Results indicated that undergoing a formal peer review may lead to higher student satisfaction in a course. Results also indicated that being subscribed to a peer review program without undergoing a formal peer review…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Student Satisfaction
Using Online Learning To Meet Workforce Demand: A Case Study of Stakeholder Influence.
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Benson, Angela D. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2002
Investigated how stakeholder interests influenced one state's efforts to provide online undergraduate degree programs to meet workforce needs. Describes the use of an embedded qualitative case study design; discusses findings that showed that the interests of some stakeholder groups prevailed at the expense of other groups; and suggests further…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Labor Force, Online Courses, Research Needs
Distance Education: Ready and Willing to Serve the Underserved?
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Benson, Angela D. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
In 2003, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), recognizing the need for a standard definition of distance education, issued a monograph that posed a definition of distance education as "institution-based, formal education where the learning group is separated and where interactive telecommunications systems are used…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Definitions, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology