Title

A Course Is A Course Is A Course: Factor Invariance In Student Evaluation Of Online, Blended And Face-To-Face Learning Environments

Keywords

Blended learning; Factor analysis; Online learning; Student agency; Student rating of instruction

Abstract

The authors compared the underlying student response patterns to an end-of-course rating instrument for large student samples in online, blended and face-to-face courses. For each modality, the solution produced a single factor that accounted for approximately 70% of the variance. The correlations among the factors across the class formats showed that they were identical. The authors concluded that course modality does not impact the dimensionality by which students evaluate their course experiences. The inability to verify multiple dimensions for student evaluation of instruction implies that the boundaries of a typical course are beginning to dissipate. As a result, the authors concluded that end-of-course evaluations now involve a much more complex network of interactions. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

9-1-2011

Publication Title

Internet and Higher Education

Volume

14

Issue

4

Number of Pages

236-241

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.05.003

Socpus ID

80855131501 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/80855131501

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