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Main Authors: Wu, Yan, Turner, Philip
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1108760
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contents The Relationship of Bandwidth, Interaction, and Performance in Online Courses: A Study Wu, Yan Turner, Philip Internet Information Transfer Synchronous Communication Interaction Performance Online Courses Correlation Statistical Analysis Introductory Courses Research Methodology Comparative Analysis Masters Degrees Graduate Students Library Science Information Science Integrated Learning Systems Although it is often assumed that the larger the bandwidth of the connection to the Internet, the better, few studies have actually been conducted to investigate the impact of various bandwidth connections on student performance in online courses. The goals of this study were to compare student online behaviors under different bandwidth connections and to investigate whether the type of course might be related to the impact of bandwidth for the behaviors. The present findings suggest that, while the use of "dial-up" versus "broadband" was related to some effects of behavioral differences, this relationship was not consistent across courses with different learning tasks. The study suggests that for online courses that are heavily learner-to-learner oriented, special considerations for students using dial-up access be considered.
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spellingShingle The Relationship of Bandwidth, Interaction, and Performance in Online Courses: A Study
Wu, Yan
Turner, Philip
Internet
Information Transfer
Synchronous Communication
Interaction
Performance
Online Courses
Correlation
Statistical Analysis
Introductory Courses
Research Methodology
Comparative Analysis
Masters Degrees
Graduate Students
Library Science
Information Science
Integrated Learning Systems
The Relationship of Bandwidth, Interaction, and Performance in Online Courses: A Study Wu, Yan Turner, Philip Internet Information Transfer Synchronous Communication Interaction Performance Online Courses Correlation Statistical Analysis Introductory Courses Research Methodology Comparative Analysis Masters Degrees Graduate Students Library Science Information Science Integrated Learning Systems Although it is often assumed that the larger the bandwidth of the connection to the Internet, the better, few studies have actually been conducted to investigate the impact of various bandwidth connections on student performance in online courses. The goals of this study were to compare student online behaviors under different bandwidth connections and to investigate whether the type of course might be related to the impact of bandwidth for the behaviors. The present findings suggest that, while the use of "dial-up" versus "broadband" was related to some effects of behavioral differences, this relationship was not consistent across courses with different learning tasks. The study suggests that for online courses that are heavily learner-to-learner oriented, special considerations for students using dial-up access be considered.
title The Relationship of Bandwidth, Interaction, and Performance in Online Courses: A Study
topic Internet
Information Transfer
Synchronous Communication
Interaction
Performance
Online Courses
Correlation
Statistical Analysis
Introductory Courses
Research Methodology
Comparative Analysis
Masters Degrees
Graduate Students
Library Science
Information Science
Integrated Learning Systems
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1108760