Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
University students who had completed at least one distance education course were surveyed during their first and fourth year of postsecondary studies. When controlled for those who had previous distance education experience in high school, it was found that self-regulatory learning behaviors, which are frequently linked to positive experiences and outcomes in online and distance education courses, were equally apparent in all of the participating students regardless of whether they had previously studied online. These findings suggest that high school students do not gain independent learning skills and attitudes in an online environment regardless of what stakeholders, administrators, teachers, parents, and even students themselves believe.
DOI
10.1080/08923647.2012.646089
Recommended Citation
Kirby, Dale; Barbour, Michael K.; and Sharpe, Dennis B., "Student Perceptions and Preferences for Tertiary Online Courses: Does Prior High School Distance Learning Make a Difference?" (2012). Education Faculty Publications. 114.
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ced_fac/114
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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Online and Distance Education Commons
Comments
Author's version is posted.
Publisher version:
Kirby, D., Barbour, M. K., & Sharpe, D. (2012). Student perceptions and preferences for tertiary online courses: Does prior high school distance learning make a difference? American Journal of Distance Education, 26(1), 34-49. Doi: 10.1080/08923647.2012.646089