Dimensions of Transactional Distance in the World Wide Web Learning Environment: A Factor Analysis.

Chen, Yau-Jane

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Publication Date: 2001

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Dimensions of Transactional Distance in the World Wide Web Learning Environment: A Factor Analysis.

Chen, Yau-Jane

British Journal of Educational Technology, v32 n4 p459-70 Sep 2001

Discussion of the effectiveness of distance education focuses on Moore's Theory of Transactional Distance and a study of learners' experiences with the World Wide Web in a university course in Taiwan. Highlights include learner-instructor interaction; learner-content interaction; learner-learner interaction; learner-interface interaction; results of a factor analysis; and interfactor correlations. (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Correlation, Distance Education, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Teacher Student Relationship, Web Based Instruction, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan

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