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Volume 3, Number 34

August 9, 2005

8 pages 547 K bytes

Assessing the Effectiveness of Virtual Learning in a Graduate Course in Computer Information Systems Amjad A. Abdullat West Texas A&M University Canyon, Texas 79016, USA Neil Terry West Texas A&M University Canyon, Texas 79016, USA

Abstract: This paper presents empirical results concerning the effectiveness of campus, online, and hybrid (mix of campus and online) instruction in computer information systems. The sample consists of graduate students enrolled in a core MBA course at a regional university. Assessment of enrollment, attrition, grade distribution, faculty evaluation, and course evaluation across the various instruction modes is presented. Holding constant ability, effort, and demographic considerations, students enrolled in the online course scored over two percent lower on the final exam than campus students and six percent lower than hybrid students. There is not a statistically significant difference between student performance on the final exam between campus and online modes, although the hybrid mode of instructions that combines campus and online is shown to be the most effective mode.

Keywords: online education, MBA online, MIS, online assessment

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