Effectiveness and costs of distance education using computer‐mediated communication

Phelps, Ruth H.; Wells, Rosalie; Ashworth, Robert L.; Hahn, Heidi Ann

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“…Institutional issues must be considered and discussed as an educational organization begins to focus on online education (Phelps, Wells, Ashworth, & Hahn, 1991). Foremost must be recognition (perhaps in the promotion and tenure process) for faculty, but others might be by offering release time and assistance.…”

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A Review of Distance Learning Influences on Adult Learners: Advantages and Disadvantages

O’Lawrence

2005

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This paper discussed the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning influences on adult learners. Distance learning has become popular in higher institutions because of its flexibility and availability to learners and teachers at anytime, regardless of geographic location. With so many definitions and phases of distance education, this paper only focuses on the delivery mode of distance education (the use of information technology), background, and its disadvantages and advantages for today's adult learners. Overall, distance learning is increasingly becoming an alternative in education, industry, large corporation, and various government entities, by and large when students, employees are far and wide spread geographically within and outside that region in which the course has been taken place.

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Section: Institutional Issuesmentioning

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A Review of Distance Learning Influences on Adult Learners: Advantages and Disadvantages

O’Lawrence

2005

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“…In the three studies that compared distance and resident learners reported by Barry and Ryan using Army participants: (a) Hahn (1990), using Air Combat Command (ACC), found no differences between distance and resident trainees, (b) Phelps, Wells, Ashworth, and Hahn (1991), using a Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) system, also found no differences, and (c) Keene and Cary (1992) showed a benefit for distance learners over resident learners in using interactive video teleconferencing training. A fourth study by Bramble and Martin (1995) found that community colleges could provide adequate training for the military when using the U.S. Army's two-way audio/video Teletraining Network.…”

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Understanding Aspects of Individual and Collaborative Skill Acquisition in Face-to-Face and Distance Training Situations

Lee¹,

Gillan²,

Cooke³

2007

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“…Studies that were carried out up to the mid-nineties reach the conclusion that cost efficiency of distance courses is comparable to face-to-face approaches, yet not significantly higher [1], [33], [36]. Later studies, however, seem to be more definite about cost efficiency In these it is well clarified that cost efficiency in distance courses is well above cost efficiency of those delivered in a face-to-face approach [37], [33], [31], [38], [17].…”

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Costs of Low-Scale Distance Learning Programs: A Case of Distance Learning Courses in the Aegean Islands.

Tsolakidis

Fokiali

2010

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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Abstract-The advance of Information and CommunicationTechnology (ICT) and the reduction of cost in digital applications motivate course designers to develop new application of distance learning programs so as to meet the increasing educational needs in the knowledge-based society. As a consequence, distance learning courses are increasing in number, credibility and acceptability all over the world. The question is whether these programs are efficient in terms of costs. The main theme of this work is to investigate cost behaviour and estimate cost efficiency of distance learning courses applied in low-inhabited, remote islands. The target group consists of high school students of Grade I. The distance learning course that is designed uses several scenarios of the "what-if form" and reaches the conclusion that cost of such solutions is far lower than that of any traditional course, even at the absence of scale economies.Index Terms-Cost efficiency, cost effectiveness distance learning, remote islands. I. INTRODUCTION In the modern world Information and CommunicationTechnology (ICT) has penetrated dynamically in the field of education, supporting wide categories of educational programs that range between those entirely depending on technology and those based on traditional teaching and learning approaches. In the former case ICT provides a tool "sine qua non", while in the latter ICT is used as a tool that supports traditional educational methods in order to upgrade quality and improve the programs' effectiveness.An important category of programs that depend critically on ICT is that of distance and online education. In its contemporary sense, it consists of innovative instructional applications in which the teacher and the learner are separate in space and, possibly, in time, while technologyincluding the Internet-is engaged to act as the mediator that facilitates communication and interaction between the learner and the distant teacher [1].Despite the fact that technology is becoming increasingly important in education, and although the promises of distance learning are to a great extent financial in nature, cost issues in relation to ICT have not been studied as extensively as other matters referring to distance education [1]. It is only after the mid-1990s that cost issues in distance learning have attracted the interest of researchers. Even then, opposite to other areas of distance education, research in cost issues has not shown any spectacular explosion. The delay could be attributed to the fact that research questions concerning cost efficiency of distance learning are worth investigating only if the battle for rec-

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Effectiveness and costs of distance education using computer‐mediated communication

Cited by 45 publications

References 10 publications

A Review of Distance Learning Influences on Adult Learners: Advantages and Disadvantages

A Review of Distance Learning Influences on Adult Learners: Advantages and Disadvantages

Understanding Aspects of Individual and Collaborative Skill Acquisition in Face-to-Face and Distance Training Situations

Costs of Low-Scale Distance Learning Programs: A Case of Distance Learning Courses in the Aegean Islands.

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