ERIC Number: EJ918575
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 9
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Comparing Student Learning Outcomes in Face-to-Face and Online Course Delivery
Sussman, Stephen; Dutter, Lee
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, v13 n4 Win 2010
Since the advent of fully online delivery of college-level coursework, a number of issues has preoccupied administrators, educators, and researchers with regard to student learning outcomes or performance vis-a-vis face-to-face delivery. The present study does not seek to demonstrate or to discover which mode of delivery is "superior" or "inferior" to the other. Rather, through a quantitative analysis of performance indicators, it seeks to highlight the differences and similarities in student learning outcomes between the two modes of delivery for an undergraduate, social science course, which focuses on public policy and administration. Thus, primarily through the analysis of real-time course data, which covers four academic years from 2005 to 2009, the study aims to provide a better understanding of the differences and similarities between these delivery modes, as far as the issues of concern to administrators, educators, and researchers are concerned. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Online Courses, Social Sciences, Program Effectiveness, Public Policy, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Outcomes of Education, Educational Indicators, Undergraduate Study, Educational Methods, Student Evaluation, Grades (Scholastic), Comparative Analysis, Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Conventional Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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