The evaluation of distance education technologies used in the delivery of an introductory university credit course in child care

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dc.contributor.authorStrong, Ralph Wilfred Keithen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T18:26:08Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T18:26:08Z
dc.date.copyright1985en_US
dc.date.issued1985
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Human and Social Developmenten_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractAn evaluation of a distance education course, Child Care 200 (A & B), was conducted and focused on developing a profile of who took the course, when and why students dropped out, the impact of the tutor on the educational experience, and the effect of teleconferencing. Eighty­-three students served as subjects in four treatment conditions: the control group which received all technologies in both halves of the course (A & B); two groups which received the same technologies as the control group but were denied access to the tutor in either the first or second half of the course; and a fourth group which consisted of Independent Learners who because of geographical isolation received only the print package. Results indicated that students who took the course via distance education were older than on-campus students and demonstrated characteristics expected of an older population ; specifically because of employment, family, and other obligations they were unwilling to travel to centres of higher education. The majority o£ students who dropped out cited these same obligations, or outside pressures as causal factors for dropping out. Results also indicated that the absence of a tutor bad a negative effect on student satisfaction and completion rates but no effect on content mastery, student motivation, or course material utilization . Although other studies indicated the contrary, teleconferencing was found to he intrusive and had a deleterious effect on the students' learning experience. As addenda to the e valuation project report discussions of distance education, technologies of distance education, and a criticism of the present evaluation, are included.
dc.format.extent271 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/19817
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dc.titleThe evaluation of distance education technologies used in the delivery of an introductory university credit course in child careen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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