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Undergraduate Students Perceptions of a Quality Online Course: Online Experience Versus No Online Experience

Artino, Kristina A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1302106185

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2011, Master of Science in Technical Education, University of Akron, Postseconday Technical Education.
This research study explored students’ perspectives about the quality of online courses using the Quality Matters Standards (Nath & Ralston-Berg, 2008) to apply the quality standards for online course design. The study examined if there was a difference in perceptions of quality between students who have had experience with an online course with students who have not had an online course. The participants were undergraduate students at a Midwestern Urban University located in the northeastern region of Ohio. The study took place in the Fall 2010. There were 135 participants. Of those 135, 128 had a valid response yielding a response rate of 94.8%. Seven did not respond. The study utilized a questionnaire developed by the researcher with 27 Likert questions, 7 demographic questions, and two questions being open-ended. The findings indicated that there is a significant difference in the perceptions of the quality pertaining to online courses between students who have had an online course with those students who have not had an online course. Students who have taken an online course had lower perceptions (mean scores) than students who have never had an online course. This was consistent among all variables examined: gender, age, ethnicity, working over 30 hours a week, credit hours enrolled, and GPA.
Dr. Susan Olson (Advisor)
Dr. Qetler Jensrud (Other)
96 p.
Educational Leadership
Quality Online Course

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  • Artino, K. A. (2011). Undergraduate Students Perceptions of a Quality Online Course: Online Experience Versus No Online Experience [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1302106185

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Artino, Kristina. Undergraduate Students Perceptions of a Quality Online Course: Online Experience Versus No Online Experience. 2011. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1302106185.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Artino, Kristina. "Undergraduate Students Perceptions of a Quality Online Course: Online Experience Versus No Online Experience." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1302106185

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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