Length of online course and student satisfaction, perceived learning, and academic performance

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-84

  Ferguson, Janet M ^a   DeFelice, Amy E ^b  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Communication; Course format; Course satisfaction; Equivalency theory; Five week intensive course; Full semester course; Graduate school; Massed vs. distributed learning; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956288041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v11i2.772     Document Type: Article

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