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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Wighting, Mervyn J.; Liu, Jing; Rovai, Alfred P. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2008
Discriminant analysis was used to determine whether classifications could be made between students enrolled in e-learning and in face-to-face university courses (N = 353) based on their scores from separate instruments measuring sense of community and motivation. Study results provide evidence that the predictors were able to distinguish between…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Discriminant Analysis, Academic Achievement
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Rovai, Alfred P.; Baker, Jason D. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Multivariate statistical analyses were used to determine if there were differences in social community, learning community, and perceived learning between male and female students in 12 online graduate education courses in which female students (n = 162) outnumbered males (n = 31). Study results provided evidence that females felt more connected…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Education Courses, Online Courses, Gender Differences
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Rovai, Alfred P.; Wighting, Mervyn J.; Liu, Jing – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Multivariate statistical analyses were used to determine if there were differences in sense of community and perceived learning between university students enrolled in fully online and fully face-to-face on-campus courses (N = 279). Study results provide evidence that online students feel a weaker sense of connectedness and belonging in both…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, On Campus Students, Online Courses, Graduate Students