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Online or Face-to-Face: Do Mission-Related Student Learning Outcomes Differ?
- Source :
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Christian Higher Education . 2019 18(3):177-187. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This study investigated how an authentic assessment program was used to examine student learning outcomes within the context of a Christian university's institutional mission, core values, and distinctive qualities. For the purposes of this study, an authentic assessment program is defined as assessing student-produced work within the context of the institutional mission. A sample of 1,814 undergraduate students taking one or more general education courses at the university during the 2007--2009 academic years was examined for any significant differences in student learning outcomes. A univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) indicated the Student Assessment System (SAS) scores for the online students were not significantly different from the SAS scores for the face-to-face (F2F) students after controlling for course grade. These results suggest that online students achieved the same critical mission-related educational outcomes that the university required of its F2F students. An implication of this finding is that the university just as effectively articulated its faith-based mission and vision to the online students as it did to its students taking classes F2F.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1536-3759
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Christian Higher Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1218259
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15363759.2018.1460882