Distance Education: Learning Outcomes, Interaction, and Attitudes

This study examines the impact of telecommunications media upon learning outcomes designed on level of learning and instructional strategy. Course objectives were identified by type of learning using a model based upon Gagne and Briggs. A nonequivalent control group design was used to measure differences in learning outcomes. The data gathering techniques include content analyses of written exams, observations, interviews, an analysis of interactions, and examination of student attitudes using a questionnaire. Analysis of covariance measured differences between sites, controlling for entering knowledge as measured by the pretext. These analyses showed no significant differences on six of the evaluations.