Reliability and Validity of a Student Scale for Assessing the Quality of Internet-Based Distance Learning

Autor/in	Scanlan, Craig L.
Titel	Reliability and Validity of a Student Scale for Assessing the Quality of Internet-Based Distance Learning
Quelle	In: Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 6 (2003) 3 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1556-3847
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Higher Education; Universities; Program Evaluation; Validity; Reliability; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Internet; Benchmarking; Statistical Analysis; Psychometrics; Surveys; Factor Analysis; Criterion Referenced Tests; Regression (Statistics); New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Statistische Analyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Faktorenanalyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	U.S. universities and colleges offering distance education courses have increased immensely since 1998, and by 2004 it was expected that distance learners will constitute about 14% of all those enrolled in degree programs. In its preliminary review of distance learning, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (1998) emphasized the need for reliable and valid performance measurements and while individual course evaluations have always been applied, no overall assessment of the distance learning program at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Health-Related Professions (SHRP) School's had ever taken place, nor was there a strategy to do so. To that end, a Technology Task Force (TTF) was created and charged with evaluating the School's overall distance learning program. This paper presents the findings and the immensely practical value found by the UMDNJ School of Health-Related Professions Technology Task Force in using scale data in its the quality improvement efforts. It is recommended that this tool be incorporated or adapted by colleges and universities as one of the means used to assess the quality of their Internet-based distance learning efforts. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	State University of West Georgia. 1601 Maple Street, Honors House, Carrollton, GA 30118. Tel: 678-839-5489; Fax: 678-839-0636; e-mail: distance@westga.edu; Web site: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01