TY - CHAP
T1 - Validation of e-learning courses in computer science and humanities
T2 - A matter of context
AU - Friedman, Robert S.
AU - Deek, Fadi P.
AU - Elliot, Norbert
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In order to offer a unified framework for the empirical assessment of e-learning (EL), this chapter presents findings from three studies conducted at a comprehensive technological university. The first, an archival study, centers on student performance in undergraduate computer science and humanities courses. The second study, a survey given three times within EL classes, investigates the variables of learning style, general expectation, and interaction in student performance. The third study investigates student performance on computer-mediated information literacy. Taken together, these three studies-focusing on archival, process, and performance-based techniques-suggest that a comprehensive assessment model has the potential to yield a depth of knowledge allowing shareholders to make informed decisions on the complexities of asynchronous learning in post-secondary education.
AB - In order to offer a unified framework for the empirical assessment of e-learning (EL), this chapter presents findings from three studies conducted at a comprehensive technological university. The first, an archival study, centers on student performance in undergraduate computer science and humanities courses. The second study, a survey given three times within EL classes, investigates the variables of learning style, general expectation, and interaction in student performance. The third study investigates student performance on computer-mediated information literacy. Taken together, these three studies-focusing on archival, process, and performance-based techniques-suggest that a comprehensive assessment model has the potential to yield a depth of knowledge allowing shareholders to make informed decisions on the complexities of asynchronous learning in post-secondary education.
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U2 - 10.4018/978-1-60566-410-1.ch009
DO - 10.4018/978-1-60566-410-1.ch009
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84900199851
SN - 9781605664101
SP - 151
EP - 169
BT - E-Learning Technologies and Evidence-Based Assessment Approaches
PB - IGI Global
ER -