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Identifying Student Attitudes and Learning Styles in Distance Education

by Sloan-C

Author Information

Author(s):

Annette Valenta, Associate Professor and Assistant Director for Academic Programs for the School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences

Author(s):

David Therriault, Doctoral candidate in the Psychology Department

Author(s):

Michael Dieter, Faculty member, School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences

Author(s):

Robert Mrtek,Professor of Medical Education, College of Medicine, Department of Medical Education

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Volume and Issue Information

Volume:

5

Issue:

2

Month:

September

Year:

2001

As universities and businesses move toward the use of online education and training, there is need to discover how to make this alternative both more attractive and viable for different populations. Our research efforts examined the cluster of opinions held by students, with respect to technology and its application to education, across two populations: traditional college undergraduate students and adult learners (nontraditional graduate students). None of the students had any experience with online coursework. Q-methodology was used to identify opinions, shared among students, on issues they considered important about the application of technology to course instruction. This research suggests approaches on how an educational program might fine tune its online delivery for maximum suitability and acceptability to the broadest group of learners in post-secondary education.

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