Innovation in Higher Education: How public universities demonstrate innovative course delivery options

This study examines innovative ways that traditional public universities deliver online and hybrid web-enabled courses. The study finds which actual course features (lectures, readings, discussions, examinations, tutoring, and group work) are more likely found in pure online courses and which in hybrid courses. Results also reveal which of these course features students are likely to prefer to be online for purely online courses and for hybrid courses. Finally, results find which course features are associated with student satisfaction and student achievement. This in-depth study should help traditional public universities to develop more innovative (meaning creating new effective means to improve student satisfaction and achievement) online and partially online programs and courses, as they face competition from newer private online-only universities.