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Download full textAtchley, Wayne; Wingenbach, Gary; Akers, Cindy – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Enrollment in online courses has outpaced overall university enrollment for the past several years. The growth of online courses does not appear to be slowing. The purpose of this study was to compare course completion and student academic performance between online and traditional courses. Archival data from the host university student records…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Pukkaew, Chadchadaporn – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
This study assesses the effectiveness of internet-based distance learning (IBDL) through the VClass live e-education platform. The research examines (1) the effectiveness of IBDL for regular and distance students and (2) the distance students' experience of VClass in the IBDL course entitled Computer Programming 1. The study employed the common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Shachar, Mickey – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2008
Current comparative research literature, although abundant in scope, is inconclusive in its findings, as to the quality and effectiveness of distance education versus face-to-face methods of delivery. Educational research produces contradictory results due to differences among studies in treatments, settings, measurement instruments, and research…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Distance Education, Conventional Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Edvardsson, Ingi Runar; Oskarsson, Gudmundur Kristjan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2008
This paper first presents the development of distance education in Icelandic universities. Its second aim is to present a detailed analysis of the distance education practice at the University of Akureyri (UNAK), Iceland. Finally, the paper aims at analysing academic achievement, as well as attitudes towards courses, among campus and distance…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Academic Achievement, Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries
Rovai, Alfred P.; Jordan, Hope M. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
Blended learning is a hybrid of classroom and online learning that includes some of the conveniences of online courses without the complete loss of face-to-face contact. The present study used a causal-comparative design to examine the relationship of sense of community between traditional classroom, blended, and fully online higher education…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Comparative Analysis, Blended Learning, Computer Uses in Education
