1. COMPARE DISTANCE EDUCATION
WITH FACE TO FACE EDUCATION
Asila AlHashmi
Marya AlShibli

2. Comparing Student Learning and
Attitudes
Author: Renee Smith and Linda Palm
Higher Education Academy.

3. OBJECTIVES :
 This study compared students in traditional and
distance sections of PHIL 101: Introduction to
Philosophy in terms of both objective learning
outcomes and student attitudes in the form of
students' anticipated and perceived learning and
course satisfaction

4. TARGET POPULATION :
141 students who enrolled in Introduction to
Philosophy during the fall semester of 2005 or the
spring semester of 2006.

5. INSTRUMENT :
Starting Survey and Ending Survey during the first
and last week of the semester. The surveys were
administered on WebCT and each contained
53 questions.

6. RESULT :
The results of the study indicated that the traditional
and distance students did not differ significantly in
their in performance on graded assignments, their
expectations for learning at the start of the course,
their perception of what they had learned at the end
of the course, and their willingness to take another
philosophy course.

7. Online versus face-to-face learning:
looking at : modes of instruction in
Master's-level courses
Janet Fergusona; Anne Marie Tryjankowskia
a Canisius College, Buffalo, United States

8. OBJECTIVES :
The purpose of this research project was to
investigate whether online instruction of graduate
students is as effective as face-to-face course
instruction, in terms of student learning. The
research question was: ‘Will online instruction in a
required graduate Cognition, Learning and
Assessment course be as effective as face-to-face
instruction sessions?’

9. TARGET AUDIENCE :
Students who registered in Master’s level courses in
six section of it during two years. Assessment data
from students in three sections of the online version
(N = 44) and three sections of the face-to-face
version (N = 26) were collected over a period of two
years.

10. INSTRUMENT :
 Final Exam score
 Graduate Recode Exam

11. RESULT :
Difference in FER not in GRE

12. POINT OF VIEW
We agree that there is significant difference between
distance education and face to face education but
not in the student achievement . It may happened in
the motivation and attitude toward educational
approach.