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Bettinger, Eric; Fox, Lindsay; Loeb, Susanna; Taylor, Eric – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2015
Online college courses are a rapidly expanding feature of higher education, yet little research identifies their effects. Using an instrumental variables approach and data from DeVry University, this study finds that, on average, online course-taking reduces student learning by one-third to one-quarter of a standard deviation compared to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Conventional Instruction, Delivery Systems, Intermode Differences
Dendir, Seife – Journal of Education for Business, 2016
The author uses data from two Principles of Microeconomics courses to examine differences in characteristics and performance of online versus face-to-face students. The analysis indicates that even in a traditional institution, the two delivery modes may be serving students with distinctly different backgrounds and characteristics. In terms of…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Student Characteristics, Online Courses, Intermode Differences
Jaggars, Shanna Smith – American Journal of Distance Education, 2014
In this study, community college students discussed their experiences with online and face-to-face learning as well as their reasons for selecting online (rather than face-to-face) sections of specific courses. Students reported lower levels of instructor presence in online courses and that they needed to "teach themselves." Accordingly,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction