distance learning doctorate university

is placed in the hands of teaching professionals.  The report further notes that 
serious problems arise if distance education is organized primarily around 
corporate models of marketing and command-and-control management.


Larson, Ollie M. (1994, April).  A Study of On-Campus and Off-Campus Graduate
Nursing Students, In Ann Yakimovicz, ed. Distance Learning Research Conference
Proceedings. San Antonio, Texas.

A questionnaire was sent to 151 graduate nursing students enrolled in an 
interactive classroom using the Interactive Television Network of the North 
Dakota University System. In addition to the students in the campus classroom, 
students could be in another eleven sites.  The study found that the majority of 
the respondents were very positive about their distance education experience.


MacAdkins, Roger (1998, August).  The Differences in Students Perceptions of
Learning Between Extended Learning Program Students and On-Campus Students at





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Southern Christian University. A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of
Auburn University.

This study, conducted at Southern Christian University during the 1998 Winter 
Quarter, was designed to identify significant communication factors which 
impacted students perceptions of their learning experience and to know if 
significant differences in perceptions existed between distance and on-campus 
students.  Results of the analysis of variance procedure indicated that there were 
significant differences between on-campus and Extended Learning Program 
students on the factors of social presence and audio and video transmission. 
There were no significant differences for the factors of information transfer, 
nonverbal immediacy, verbal immediacy, and perceived student learning.


Martin, Elaine D. and Larry Rainey (1993).  Student Achievement and Attitude in a
Satellite-Delivered High School Science Course, The American Journal of Distance
Education, 7(1).

This study investigated the effect of satellite-delivered instruction on student 
achievement and attitude in a high school anatomy and physiology course.  The 

	

	

		

			

				

					

						





						

							
								
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