Online Classes: An Evaluation by Traditional-Aged Students

Authors

  • Stephen Baglione Saint Leo University

Keywords:

Education, Online learning,

Abstract

Our sample of traditional-age undergraduate students offers self-reported perceptions on online and traditional face-to-face classes. The results reveal that traditional classes are preferred and evaluated superior for learning (including high-order levels on Bloom’s Taxonomy), participation, and creating a sense of community. Students also spend more time studying and doing homework in traditional classes. Grades are perceived comparable across delivery methods, but students with higher Grade Point Averages prefer traditional classes, as do introverts, and males. Online classes do have advocates, with about a quarter of students preferring them to traditional classes because of convenience and flexibility.

Author Biography

Stephen Baglione, Saint Leo University

Stephen Baglione is professor of marketing and quantitative methods at Saint Leo University in
Florida. He received his Ph.D. in marketing from the University of South Carolina. He has published in
British Food Journal, Chinese Management Studies, Electronic Markets, Journal of Excellence in College
Teaching, Journal of Promotion Management, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, and Journal of
Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ljubljana in
Slovenia.

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Published

2013-12-05

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ABR Journal Articles