Length of online course and student satisfaction, perceived learning, and academic performance

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 inten...

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Autores principales: Janet M. Ferguson, Amy E. DeFelice
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:07d375cb76fc461c950d84af8535b0f62021-12-02T19:20:49ZLength of online course and student satisfaction, perceived learning, and academic performance10.19173/irrodl.v11i2.7721492-3831https://doaj.org/article/07d375cb76fc461c950d84af8535b0f62010-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/772https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This 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 professor and both had identical requirements in terms of assignments and exams. The independent variable was the length of time taken to complete the requirements, with the dependent variables being satisfaction with the course, perceived learning, and academic performance. A statistical analysis of the data found significant differences in a number of areas.Janet M. FergusonAmy E. DeFeliceAthabasca University PressarticleOnline LearningHigher educationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2010)
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Higher education
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
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Higher education
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Janet M. Ferguson
Amy E. DeFelice
Length of online course and student satisfaction, perceived learning, and academic performance
description 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 professor and both had identical requirements in terms of assignments and exams. The independent variable was the length of time taken to complete the requirements, with the dependent variables being satisfaction with the course, perceived learning, and academic performance. A statistical analysis of the data found significant differences in a number of areas.
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