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William R. Dardick; Michael Corry; Maria Coyle – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2023
Student attendance is a predictive measure of success in brick-and-mortar schools with little research examining this relationship in online schools. This study explores students in online classrooms within online schools, to determine if the days a student was active on a course during the COVID-19 pandemic predicted success. A multilevel…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, High School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Park, Enoch; Martin, Florence; Lambert, Richard – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to identify the potential factors that could predict college students' success in a large-size undergraduate hybrid learning course. Predictive values of students' demographic and academic background variables were examined to establish standardized models of contribution toward final grades. Next, patterns of student…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Student Participation
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Kaifi, Belal A.; Mujtaba, Bahaudin G.; Williams, Albert A. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2009
Based on the learner's needs and current technology status, this study provides a review on the feasibility of online education for modern students in a developed nation. This research provides an analysis of the survey responses of 203 undergraduate students by focusing on views, needs, and wants for offering online courses and programs.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
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Reinhart, Julie – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2010
This study explores the relationship between graduate students' communication practices and their perceived sense of program-level community within a graduate program. The program under study consists of both traditional on-campus students, as well as students who take classes via a distributed-learning model. This particular program has made a…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Graduate Students, Distance Education, Information Sources
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Seok, Soonhwa; DaCosta, Boaventura; Kinsell, Carolyn; Tung, Chan K. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2010
This study used an extensive online course evaluation inventory to analyze the subjects' perceptions of course effectiveness in the following subscales: flexibility, user interface, navigation, getting started, technical assistance, course management, universal design, communications, instructional design, and content. Survey results compared…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Online Courses, Interpersonal Communication, Teaching Experience
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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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Contreras, Carlos L. M. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
Demographic and personality variables and computer use were used to predict computer self-confidence with a sample of students enrolled in online college-credit classes. Computer self-confidence was measured with one 10-choice question. Demographic variables included age, annual income, geographic region, gender, and ethnicity. Computer use was…
Descriptors: Income, Age Differences, Ethnic Groups, Gender Differences