Volume 4

Volume 4, Number 40

July 25, 2006

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Student Reactions to Online Course Delivery – a Contrast Between Fulltime and Part-time Students


Kenneth A. Grant
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3 Canada

Franklyn Prescod
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3 Canada

Herman Ho
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada

Abstract: 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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Recommended Citation: Grant, Prescod, and Ho (2006). Student Reactions to Online Course Delivery – a Contrast Between Fulltime and Part-time Students. Information Systems Education Journal, 4 (40). http://isedj.org/4/40/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2005: §2354. ISSN: 1542-7382.)