Open AccessDistance Education At The Graduate Level: A Viable Alternative
Author(s) -
Brian Jones,
Andrea Everard,
Scott McCoy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
contemporary issues in education research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1941-756X
pISSN - 1940-5847
DOI - 10.19030/cier.v4i11.6484
Subject(s) - demographics , distance education , graduate education , affect (linguistics) , graduate students , medical education , educational research , psychology , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , medicine , demography , communication
This research extends a previous comparative study that looked at learning outcomes between traditional classroom and web-based education at the graduate level. That research (Jones and Everard, 2008) provided little evidence that there were significant differences between delivery methods. This research looks at employment status, household demographics, and family commitments and explores why these underlying factors do not affect outcomes between traditional classroom and web-based education at the graduate level. Results of this research provide evidence that for graduate level education, distance education is a practical and appropriate option.