Business+Faculty+and+Undergraduate+Students'+Perceptions+of+Online+Leasning

By: John R. Tanner, Thomas C. Noser, Michael W. Totaro

A comparative study done by Tanner, Noser, and Totaro at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Western Kentucky University surveyed 893 undergraduate students as well as 1,175 business faculty members. This study was targeted to the question of whether there is a difference in perception about online learning between undergraduate students and faculty members.

The result was that there is a difference in perception. The study pointed out that the faculty members are in less favor of online learning than the students. There were many perception differences identified in this study, such as: faculty felt that meeting with students outside the classroom was important while students did not feel same way; the lack of structured environment was appealing to the students but not to the faculty; students indicated that they would take as many online classes as possible but, the faculty disagreed.

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