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Graduate Students Reactions To An Educational Philosophy Class Presented Over Eastern Illinois University's Distance Learning System, Terry D. Seldomridge

Masters Theses

The idea of distance learning is not a new concept, but as new technologies have been developed the instructional design of distance learning has changed drastically. At first instruction was delivered using correspondence classes through the mail, but today the classes are delivered over interactive televised networks made up of multi-site classrooms. To deliver these classes new methods of instructing students have been developed.

The purpose of this study was to assess graduate student reactions to an Educational Philosophy class taught by distance learning methods in Fall 1995 and Spring 1996. Pre- and post-course surveys were used to assess student …

A Study On How Interactive Distance Education Affects Perceived Instructor Credibility, D. Brent Crebo

Masters Theses

A group of distance education students at four Illinois colleges and universities were studied to see if sending class students rated distance education instructors differently in reference to credibility when compared to receiving class students. A survey was used to gather initial data and then subjects were interviewed by telephone to obtain more information on the topic. The results of the study revealed no significant difference between how students at receiving sites and how students at sending sites perceived an instructor in terms of overall credibility in distance education courses. Responses indicated that students did not have a problem with …