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Shaw, Melanie; Chametzky, Barry; Burrus, Scott W.; Walters, Kelley J. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2013
To facilitate student learning and ensure financial stability, leaders in higher education institutions offering online degrees and programs are adopting flexible course schedules with shorter terms. The literature does not include many evaluations demonstrating how shorter duration terms and courses might affect student achievement. In this…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Program Length
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Ferguson, Janet M.; DeFelice, Amy E. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
This research presents findings from a two-part study. In the first part, graduate students taking online courses were given a course evaluation form. Student responses from online abbreviated summer sessions were compared to student responses from online full-semester courses. Both the intensive and full-semester courses were taught by the same…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Course Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Online Courses