Online Education

Paper Summary:

The paper relates that the goal of this study is to understand what makes online learning versus traditional learning successful or unsuccessful for a student. The paper provides an extensive review of the literature and then discusses the research methodology that will be utilized in this study. The paper explains how the data would be analyzed and addressed and offers conclusions, recommendations and a summary of the study.

Outline:
Chapter One - Overview and Introduction
Chapter Two - Review of Related Literature
Chapter Three - Methodology
Chapter Four - Data Analysis
Chapter Five - Analysis, Conclusions, and Recommendations

From the Paper:

"Whether students prefer online learning or in-class learning largely depends on many factors, including how much socialization a student is looking for and whether he or she is happy with the commute and the classroom setting. Some students also go back to college after having been in the workforce for some time, and when this takes place the individuals who do this may feel uncomfortable in a classroom full of much younger peers. These students may also have children and/or aging family members that they have to take care of, and this can prohibit how much time they can spend away from home. Some of these people are also still working, and they do not want to spend all day at work and all evening in class. If they take classes online, they can be more engaged with their families in the evening, and do their schoolwork later, after their children have gone to bed."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Addison, Joanna. (2000). Outsourcing Education, Managing Knowledge, and Strengthening Academic Communities. In Werry & Mowbray Online Communities: Commerce Community Action, and the Virtual University (175-194). Prentice Hall.
• Attinasi, L. (1989). Getting in: Mexican Americansi perceptions of university attendance and the implications for freshman year persistence. Journal of Higher Education, 60 (3), 247-277.
• Braxton, J., Sullivan, A., & Johnson, R. (1998). Appraising Tintois theory of college student departure. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research. New York: Agathon Press.
• Brooks-Terry, M. (1988). Tracing the disadvantages of college students: An application of Sussman's option sequence model. Family support systems across the life span. (121-134). New York: Plenum Press.
• Chambers, G. S. (1999, November 19). Toward shared control of distance education. Chronicle of Higher Education, pp. B8-9.

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