Success in the Capstone Business Course—Assessing the Effectiveness of Distance Learning

Abstract New technology is giving students the freedom to take classes virtually anywhere and anytime. For this article, we examined the impact that taking one or more courses through distance learning had on student performance in the capstone business class. The students who earned course credit through distance learning did better in the class. Further, certain types of distance learning appeared to be associated with even higher grades in the capstone class.