Evaluating E-Learning: A Case Study

As e-learning proliferates in the business and academic communities, there is an ongoing need to evaluate its effectiveness. This paper investigates the experiences and perceptions of students who completed self-paced, independent study online courses as a project within a traditional, instructorled graduate course. This project was conducted over two semesters utilizing both technical and non-technical learning units. While the project produced some positive outcomes, participants' reactions provide important insight about the challenges, limitations, and benefits of e-learning. Among the intriguing findings is that technical e-learning units were evaluated less favorably by users than non-technical units. The results raise implications for online learning unit design and future e-learning research.