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Publication Date: 2011-Sep
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A Course Is a Course Is a Course: Factor Invariance in Student Evaluation of Online, Blended and Face-to-Face Learning Environments
Dziuban, Charles; Moskal, Patsy
Internet and Higher Education, v14 n4 p236-241 Sep 2011
The authors compared the underlying student response patterns to an end-of-course rating instrument for large student samples in online, blended and face-to-face courses. For each modality, the solution produced a single factor that accounted for approximately 70% of the variance. The correlations among the factors across the class formats showed that they were identical. The authors concluded that course modality does not impact the dimensionality by which students evaluate their course experiences. The inability to verify multiple dimensions for student evaluation of instruction implies that the boundaries of a typical course are beginning to dissipate. As a result, the authors concluded that end-of-course evaluations now involve a much more complex network of interactions. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Reaction, Web Based Instruction, Blended Learning, Online Courses, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Course Evaluation
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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