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Yang, Hongwei; Su, Jian; Bradley, Kelly D. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
With the rapid growth of online learning and the increased attention paid to student attrition in online programs, much research has been aimed at studying the effectiveness of online education to improve students' online learning experience and student retention. Utilizing the online learning literature as a multi-faceted theoretical framework,…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Graduate Students
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Horzum, Mehmet Baris; Uyanik, Gülden Kaya – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
The aim of this study is to examine validity and reliability of Community of Inquiry Scale commonly used in online learning by the means of Item Response Theory. For this purpose, Community of Inquiry Scale version 14 is applied on 1,499 students of a distance education center's online learning programs at a Turkish state university via internet.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Communities of Practice, Inquiry