Online Walking- Really? Comparing Online Activity Courses With Traditional Face To Face Courses.

Students’ Feelings of and Desire for Sense of Community in Face-to-face and Online Courses

In this study, face-to-face (FTF) and online students’ (N = 198) feelings of and desire for sense of community (SOC) in their courses were compared. In support of previous research, FTF students felt more SOC than online students. However, overall, relatively few students (FTF or online) expressed desire for SOC. Additionally, regression analyses revealed that different sets of student characte...

Learning motivation and student academic dishonesty: A comparison between face-to-face and online courses

There is a disagreement among researchers in regard to academic dishonesty in online as compared to traditional learning settings. Based on this, the aim of the current study was to investigate the connection between academic dishonesty in the virtual versus face-to face teaching/learning settings in relation to students' learning motivation, while examining the phenomenon from a cross-cultural...

The Effects of Psychological Sense of Community in Online and Face-to-Face Academic Courses

Recent studies have shown that the Psychological Sense of Community (PSoC) felt by students plays a key role in affecting their performance, satisfaction and persistence in academic degree programs. Hence, the lower student performance and higher dropout rates suffered by on-line courses in comparison with their face-to-face counterparts are often traced back to lower levels of PSoC caused by t...

Comparing Student Learning in a Required Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Course: Traditional Face-to-Face vs. Online

Engineering education programs are looking for effective ways to more efficiently deliver engineering education to an increasingly heterogeneous customer base, including nontraditional students, some of whom are working full time. Online courses and programs can be one option to meet the needs of this new customer base; however, educators need to ensure that the quality of the educational exper...

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