Title :
Developing a criteria set for an online learning environment
Author :
Cohen, Maxine S. ; Ellis, Timothy J.
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Nova Southeastern Univ., Davie, FL, USA
Abstract :
Although designing an online course is a difficult task, it is one that is faced by educators almost on a daily basis. There is a lot of pressure to put one\´s course online and little research available for the "best" way to do it. There are course management systems that aid in the procedural tasks, but we still don\´t know the optimal design for an online course. This paper presents a study to develop a criteria set for excellence in online courses, from the student perspective. A two-fold approach was taken in this study. A group of students "brainstormed" a criteria list of important factors for an online learning environment. A second group of students then validated the criteria. A factorial analysis was performed analyzing the criteria by rating and rank order.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distance learning; course management systems; distance education; factorial analysis; online course; online learning environment; online learning environment criteria set; optimal design; student perspective; Distance learning; Education; Educational institutions; Employment; Performance analysis; Time factors; Web pages;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7444-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2002.1157972