scholarly journals COMPARING STUDENT PERFORMANCE: ONLINE VERSUS BLENDED VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Larson ◽  
Chung-Hsien Sung
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Faculty Satisfaction ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Delivery Modes ◽  
Significant Difference

The purpose of this research was to perform a three way comparison of delivery modes for an introductory Management Information Systems course to determine if there existed a difference in student success among the delivery modes. The research compares student exam and final grade results in this class that was taught by the same instructor using face-to-face, blended and online delivery modes. An Analysis of Variance test was used on the exam and final grade data to determine if a significant difference existed. Additionally, a discussion of this class in relation to student satisfaction, learning effectiveness and faculty satisfaction is presented. This research demonstrates that there is no significant difference among delivery modes. Additionally, blended and online modes for this class do very well when measuring student satisfaction, learning effectiveness and faculty satisfaction.

No Significant Difference in Service Learninng Online

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Y. McGorry
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Business Programs ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference

Institutions of higher education are realizing the importance of service learning initiatives in developing awareness of students’ civic responsibilities, leadership and management skills, and social responsibility. These skills and responsibilities are the foundation of program outcomes in accredited higher education business programs at undergraduate and graduate levels. In an attempt to meet the needs of the student market, these institutions of higher education are delivering more courses online. This study addresses a comparison of traditional and online delivery of service learning experiences. Results demonstrate no significant difference in outcomes between the online and face-to-face models.

scholarly journals Online or not? A comparison of students’ experiences of an online and an on-campus class

Curationis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tennyson Mgutshini
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Online Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Multiple Data

Educational discourse has long portrayed online, or e-based, learning and all non-campus-based learning options as second best to traditional face-to-face options. Critically much of the research and debate in this area of study has focused on evidence relating to student performance, attrition and retention with little consideration of the total learning experience, which values both the traditional learning outcome measures side-by-side with student-centered factors, such as students’ satisfaction with their learning experience. The objective of this study was to present a synchronous head-to-head comparison between online and campus-based students’ experiences of an undergraduate course. This paper reports on a qualitative comparative cross-sectional study, which used multiple data collection approaches to assess student learning and student satisfaction of 61 students who completed a semester of an undergraduate course. Of the 61 students, 34 were enrolled purely as online students, whilst the remaining 27 students studied the same material entirely through the traditional face-to-face medium. Methods included a standardised student satisfaction survey and an ‘achievement of learning outcomes’ measurement tool. Students on the online cohort performed better in areas where ‘self-direction’ in learning was indicated, for example self-directed problem-based tasks within the course. Online students gave less positive self-assessments of their perceived content mastery than their campus-based counterparts, despite performing just as well in both summative and formative assignments. A multi-factorial comparison shows online students to have comparable educational success and that, in terms of student satisfaction, online learners reported more satisfaction with their learning experience than their campus-based counterparts.

scholarly journals A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THE STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES OF HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES IN TRADITIONAL AND ALN COURSES

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred P. Rovai
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Classroom Community ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
Asynchronous Learning Network ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Media ◽  
Classroom Communities

This preliminary study again provides evidence that it is the method and not the media that matters the most in learning effectiveness. The present work examines classroom community in order to determine how sense of community differs between students enrolled in traditional face-to-face and those enrolled in asynchronous learning network (ALN) courses. Subjects consist of 326 adult learners who were enrolled in a mix of 14 undergraduate and graduate courses at two urban universities. As operationalized by the Sense of Classroom Community Index (SCCI), there appears no significant difference in classroom community between the two groups of subjects. However, a discriminant analysis shows a significant overall difference in community structure between the two groups. Variations between groups on feelings of similarity of needs, recognition, importance of learning, connectedness, friendship, thinking critically, safety, acceptance, group identity, and absence of confusion are the characteristics contributing mostly to this difference in learning effectiveness.

Performance on tests of economic literacy: A comparison of face-to-face with online instruction

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank P. Albritton Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Student Achievement ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
College Level ◽  
Economic Literacy ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Online Format

Does taking a college level course in the principles of economics improve economic literacy? While there is debate on whether courses in the principles of economics as taught at colleges and universities improve general economic literacy, more and more of these courses are being taught online. There has been considerable research in other subjects as to whether there is a difference in student performance dependent upon whether the courses was taken in a traditional face–to–face format or online. However, in the critically important subjects dealt with in the principles of economics, there has been discussion but little research conducted about whether online delivery is equivalent in terms of student achievement to the traditional face–to–face delivery. The purpose of this paper is to determine if there is a difference in the performance of students, as measured by economic literacy, between students taking a course in the principles of economics using a face–to–face versus online format. The data was collected using an online questionnaire over two semesters at a community college and analyzed using SPSS, version 12.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORK ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A WEB-BASED FORUM STUDY IN TAIWAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Li Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Friendship Network ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Adversarial Network ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Almost All

This research investigates the effects of social networks on students’ performance in online education which uses networking as an adjunct mode for enhancing traditional face-to-face education or distance education. Using data from a 40-student course on Advanced Management Information Systems (AMIS), we empirically tested how social networks (friendly, advising, and adversarial) related to students’ performance. First, advising network variables are positively related to student performance both in the class and on the forum. Adversarial variables are negatively correlated with almost all students’performance. Second, advising and adversarial network variables are good determinants for overall academic performance; however, adversarial network variables are not influential on students’ performance on the forum. Friendship network variables are not determinants of students’ performance. Implications for the results are also discussed.

scholarly journals Improving Learning in a Traditional, Large-Scale Science Module with a Simple And Efficient Learning Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-159
Author(s):  
Mikkel Godsk
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Online Activities ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article presents the experiences and results of using a simple learning design for transforming a traditional, large-scale, face-to-face science module in calculus into blended learning where all face-to-face lectures were replaced by webcasts and online activities. The article presents the impact on teaching and learning in terms of how the teacher and the students used the materials and the impact on the students’ performance and satisfaction. The article concludes that replacing face-to-face lectures with webcasts and online activities has the potential to improve learning in terms of a better student performance, higher student satisfaction, and a higher degree of flexibility for the students. In addition, the article discusses implications of using learning design for educational development, how learning design may help breaking with the perception that facilitating blended learning is a daunting process, and, ultimately, its potential for addressing some of the grand challenges in science education and the political agenda of today

scholarly journals The Challenges of Online Learning: Supporting and Engaging the Isolated Learner

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Gillett-Swan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Delivery Modes ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
Academic Workload ◽  
Technological Competency ◽  
The One

<p class="JLDAbstract">Higher education providers are becoming increasingly aware of the diversity of their current and potential learners and are moving to provide a range of options for their engagement. The increasingly flexible delivery modes available for university students provide multiple pathways and opportunities for those seeking further education. In changing between and across modes, a one-size-fits-all approach is often used. That is, internal content is converted into a form deemed suitable for an external delivery. However, there is a significant problem with the one-size-fits-all approach for external students who feel or experience isolation. When compared to their internal counterparts, these students often face a number of barriers to their full participation in coursework units. These barriers may not be experienced by those engaging in these same units via face-to-face or blended enrolment modes and therefore present another type of learner to consider in the planning and implementation of learning activities online. The barriers to participation appear particularly evident in groupwork activities. The online environment also presents challenges for many academic staff who increasingly require higher levels of technological competency and proficiency on top of their regular academic workload. Drawing on reflections of several years of facilitating student learning online, this paper provides one lecturer’s perspective and critical commentary on some of the challenges faced by external students and the implications of an increasingly online delivery framework for practice.</p>

Blended Environments: Learning Effectiveness and Student Satisfaction at a Small College in Transition

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gouri Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Mediated Learning ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Small College ◽  
Online Methods

As higher education moves increasingly to blended and fully online environments, smaller institutions often ask whether this is a desirable trend. They face many challenges in transforming their largely face-to-face didactic teaching traditions to the technology mediated learning environments. Learning effectiveness and student satisfaction are seen to be decisive in whether blended environments are a positive development or not. Using survey data from a liberal arts and sciences institution, we show that student satisfaction with blended learning depends largely on the challenges presented by the subject matter, the degree to which self-directed learning and problem solving are required, and the effectiveness of the chosen pedagogies by which face-to-face and online methods are combined. Blended environments that provide multiple modalities for learning, significant interactivity, familiar technologies, and sustained connections with teachers and peers are preferred by increasing numbers of students in this institution. Although many students and faculty remain skeptical about blended learning, there are others who are very satisfied learners.

: KNOWLEDGE REINFORCEMENT AND INTERVENTION FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE: AN ACTION RESEARCH

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
JIMMY P. MANIGBAS ◽  
KRISTINE P. RUBI ◽  
KRISTINE P. RUBI ◽  
LUZVIMINDA I. BERSOLA
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
School Year ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Teacher Researchers ◽  
Dependent Samples

This study aims to assess the significant improvement of the academic performance of Grade 12 learners in Cookery subject. This study utilized a one shot case study. The teacher-researchers introduced the interventions that are implemented inside the classroom; a. Care Tech Project; b. One Hand Project; c. Play Magic Box Project; d. Friendly Helping Project; e. Lend a Gift Project; f. Celebrity of the Weeks Project. A total of 25 Grade 12 TVL learners of Tabgon High School, Goa, Camarines Sur, Philippines who were enrolled in the class of teacher-researchers for the school year 2018-2019. The statistical tools used were Frequency and Percentage Distribution, Weighted Mean, and Mean for Dependent Samples to determine the significant improvement between 2nd semester midterm and final grade mean rating academic performance of the students. The baseline data of this study obtained from midterm grades of the learners. As reflected in the results the midterm mean rating of the male learners is 84.80% which increased to 88% which has significant difference of 3.20 or High and for female learners’ midterm rating is 88.85% which increased to 92.10% which 3.25 or High is the significant difference. That immense increased in their mean rating was made after the implementation of interventions. Based on the level of acceptability of the interventions implemented, all of the various interventions garnered Highly Acceptable with grand weighted mean rating of 4.83. It implies that Project KRIS interventions provided a big impact to the learners. Thus, that Project KRIS helped the learners that improved and enhanced their performances with its various interventions.

A Study of the Predictive Relationships Between Faculty Engagement, Learner Satisfaction and Outcomes in Multiple Learning Delivery Modes

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherng-Jyh Yen ◽  
M’hammed Abdous
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Faculty Engagement ◽  
Learner Satisfaction ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Delivery Modes ◽  
Satellite Broadcasting ◽  
Predictive Relationships ◽  
Predictive Relationship

This study assessed the predictive relationships between faculty engagement, learner satisfaction, and outcomes across multiple learning delivery modes (LDMs). Participants were enrolled in courses with the options of three learning delivery modes: face-to-face, satellite broadcasting, and live video-streaming. The predictive relationship between faculty engagement and student satisfaction remained constant across the three learning delivery mode groups. In addition, faculty engagement was an effective predictor for learner satisfaction, regardless of LDM. Similarly, the predictive relationship between faculty engagement and learning outcomes as measured by final grades remained constant. The results also suggested that an increase in the faculty engagement score was accompanied by an increased probability of obtaining a better course final grade. Overall, findings from the study supported the importance of faculty engagement in student learning outcomes and satisfaction regardless of the LDM.

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