In the past decade, online education has become common place at universities. Many students are leaning to online education because of the flexibility that most online programs provide and the lower cost as well. The aim of this research paper is to determine if students learn as well online as they would in traditional classrooms. By comparing students performance measures and assessments of learning experience from both online and traditional learning, this paper will show how they grade overall is independent of how the instruction was delivered. Persistence in an online environment may be more challenging in research methods classes than in other public administration classes (Ni, 2013).
Keywords: Online learning, Traditional classroom,
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In fact, every year numerous freshmen move to college dorms which for them is the best learning environment. The influence from instructors in a live setting can help guide, foster and nurture their young minds. Also, most parents still prefer to see their children in a traditional classroom setting as compared to being enrolled at a computer. Moreover, students that have enrolled in an online course may be dis-satisfied with no real class schedule, dependence of others to discuss an assignment, student might not be highly motivated and the length of time taken to hear back from the instructor. The research collected data from the students who took both online instruction and face-to-face instruction for the same course (Warren &Holloman, 2005). It concluded that there are no significant differences in the students' study outcomes between web-based course and traditional classroom lecture. In regards to academic dishonesty, a study concluded that cheating in college classes or online is more unique over the other. The belief is that more online students are older working adults and are more mature, use work experience in their studies and the exams given are more challenging and can detect plagiarism. As noted, students enrolled in online classes were less likely to cheat than those enrolled in traditional students often have differing views on what constitutes cheating (Baker, Berry, & Thornton,