The Evolution of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Classes when Delivered via Distance Education.
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| Title: | The Evolution of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Classes when Delivered via Distance Education. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Hecht, Jeffrey B., Klass, Patricia H. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Intended Audience: | Researchers |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Descriptors: | Distance Education, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Participant Satisfaction, Qualitative Research, Research Design, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, World Wide Web |
| Geographic Terms: | Thailand |
| Abstract: | This study examined whether new streamed Internet audio and video technology could be used for primary instruction in off-campus research classes. Several different off-campus student cohorts at Illinois State university enrolled in both a fall semester qualitative research methods class and a spring semester quantitative research methods class. Both classes combined asynchronous web-based materials with synchronous audio and video transmissions. Both courses used a combination of Real Media's Real Encoder and Real Player technology (for transmitting the audio and video components of the live class from the instructor to the remote students) and real-time chat and discussion group software (for bi-direction typewritten interaction between the remote students and the instructor). Both courses demonstrated that it was possible to deliver even highly technical research-oriented courses over the Internet using streaming audio and video technologies. However, both courses also encountered several critical problems and issues, such as a sense of disconnection from the group by distance students and added time pressures for instructors. (Contains 18 references.) (Author/DB) |
| Entry Date: | 1999 |
| Accession Number: | ED430480 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study examined whether new streamed Internet audio and video technology could be used for primary instruction in off-campus research classes. Several different off-campus student cohorts at Illinois State university enrolled in both a fall semester qualitative research methods class and a spring semester quantitative research methods class. Both classes combined asynchronous web-based materials with synchronous audio and video transmissions. Both courses used a combination of Real Media's Real Encoder and Real Player technology (for transmitting the audio and video components of the live class from the instructor to the remote students) and real-time chat and discussion group software (for bi-direction typewritten interaction between the remote students and the instructor). Both courses demonstrated that it was possible to deliver even highly technical research-oriented courses over the Internet using streaming audio and video technologies. However, both courses also encountered several critical problems and issues, such as a sense of disconnection from the group by distance students and added time pressures for instructors. (Contains 18 references.) (Author/DB) |
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