Open AccessFood Safety and Regulation: Evaluation of an Online Multimedia Course
Author(s) -
Pintauro Stephen J.,
Krahl Augusta G.,
Buzzell Paul R.,
Chamberlain Valerie M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of food science education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.271
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 1541-4329
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-4329.2005.tb00064.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , course (navigation) , multimedia , web application , online course , medical education , psychology , computer science , mathematics education , world wide web , medicine , engineering , paleontology , biology , aerospace engineering
The effectiveness of, and student attitudes toward, an online Food Safety and Regulation course (WEB) were compared with lecture (LECTURE) and combined lecture/online (COMBINED) courses. All students took identical pre‐tests, post‐tests, and attitude assessments. No significant differences were detected in pre‐test scores. Post‐test results for WEB, LECTURE, and COMBINED groups were 65.9±3.02, 67.1±2.62, and 73.5±2.59 (mean±SEM), respectively. After controlling for the pretest, the COMBINED score was significantly higher ( P < 0.05) than the LECTURE and WEB scores. Some student attitude scores in the LECTURE and COMBINED groups were better than the WEB group. The results indicate that students perform as well in the Web‐based course as the lecture‐based course and that student performance is maximized by combining online and lecture methods.