A comparison of student evaluations of teaching between online and face-to-face courses

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-101

  Kelly, Henry F ^a   Ponton, Michael K ^b   Rovai, Alfred P ^b  

^a Ohio Christian University   (United States)

^b REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Distance education; Higher education; Instructional effectiveness; Student evaluation of instruction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; STUDENT EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 34249057230     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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