Comparison of Course Completion and Student Performance through Online and Traditional Courses

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...

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Autores principales:	Wayne Atchley, Gary Wingenbach, Cindy Akers
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2013
Materias:	online education student retention Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8b6644173c0548d0802955fd3b7db64d2021-12-02T11:19:49ZComparison of Course Completion and Student Performance through Online and Traditional Courses1492-3831https://doaj.org/article/8b6644173c0548d0802955fd3b7db64d2013-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1461/2627https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Enrollment 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 system was collected using the Structured Query Language. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze student characteristics. Chi-square analysis was used to determine if statistically significant differences existed between students enrolled in online and traditional courses when comparing course completion and academic performance. Analysis found statistically significant differences existed in both course completion and academic performance for students enrolled in online versus traditional courses. Additional analysis indicated statistically significant differences existed in course completion by course discipline. Wayne AtchleyGary WingenbachCindy AkersAthabasca University Pressarticleonline educationstudent retentionSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Pp 14-4 (2013)
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description	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 system was collected using the Structured Query Language. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze student characteristics. Chi-square analysis was used to determine if statistically significant differences existed between students enrolled in online and traditional courses when comparing course completion and academic performance. Analysis found statistically significant differences existed in both course completion and academic performance for students enrolled in online versus traditional courses. Additional analysis indicated statistically significant differences existed in course completion by course discipline.
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Comparison of Course Completion and Student Performance through Online and Traditional Courses

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