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Recommended Citation: Grant, K A, F Prescod, and H Ho.  Student Reactions to Online Course Delivery – a Contrast Between Fulltime and Part-time Students.  In The Proceedings of ISECON 2005, v 22 (Columbus OH): §2354. ISSN: 1542-7382. (Revised in Information Systems Education Journal 4(40). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
 
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Student Reactions to Online Course Delivery – a Contrast Between Fulltime and Part-time Students


Refereed8 pages
Kenneth A. Grant    [a1] [a2]
Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management
Ryerson University    [u1] [u2]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada    [c1] [c2]

Franklyn Prescod    [a1] [a2]
School of Information Technology Management, Faculty of Business
Ryerson University    [u1] [u2]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada    [c1] [c2]

Herman Ho    [a1] [a2]
School of Information Technology Management
Ryerson University    [u1] [u2]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada    [c1] [c2]

Evaluation of the delivery of the same course in a distance format to two differing classes of students, one of fulltime degree students, the other of part time students in a variety of programs, produced strong support for the delivery method. While concerns have been raised about the suitability of distance delivery techniques for younger, less mature students and about different learning styles, this comparison found few significant differences between the participation, performance and satisfaction of such students when compared to a more mature group of part-time students for whom distance education was the method of choice. Further, both groups rated the experience equal or superior to conventional in-class delivery.

Keywords: e-learning, distance education, teaching methodologies, learning styles, eBusiness

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