Comparison of two lecture delivery platforms in a hybrid distance education program

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ried, L Douglas ^a,c   Byers, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Assessment; Distance education; Distance learning; Educational technology; Learning preferences; Learning style

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COURSE EVALUATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MALE; PHARMACY STUDENT; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEACHING; TIME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349249682     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj730595     Document Type: Article

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