Academic Engagement and Perceptions of Quality in Distance Education Export

@article{citeulike:5983569, abstract = {Students taking courses by distance learning were asked to complete the Academic Engagement Form and the Course Experience Questionnaire. Usable data were obtained from 238 students with a hearing loss and 166 students with no reported disability. Their scores on the two instruments were highly correlated and shared over 80\% of their variance. However, they showed different patterns of relationship with background variables (age, faculty, gender, hearing status and prior qualifications) and made distinct contributions to students' ratings of their general satisfaction with their courses. The role of course tutors in supporting academic engagement was crucial to the students' perceptions of the academic quality of their courses, and this relationship mediated the association between the reported attitudes and behaviour of the tutors and the students' general satisfaction with their courses. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.)}, author = {Richardson, John T. E. and Long, Gary L.}, citeulike-article-id = {5983569}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=EJ770665}, day = {0}, journal = {Open Learning}, keywords = {elearning, encuestas\_estudiantes, satisfaccion\_de\_usuarios, tesis, test}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {223--244}, posted-at = {2009-10-22 05:22:43}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge. Available from: Taylor \& Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/default.html}, title = {Academic Engagement and Perceptions of Quality in Distance Education}, url = {http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=EJ770665}, volume = {18}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5983569 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5983569 N2 - Students taking courses by distance learning were asked to complete the Academic Engagement Form and the Course Experience Questionnaire. Usable data were obtained from 238 students with a hearing loss and 166 students with no reported disability. Their scores on the two instruments were highly correlated and shared over 80% of their variance. However, they showed different patterns of relationship with background variables (age, faculty, gender, hearing status and prior qualifications) and made distinct contributions to students' ratings of their general satisfaction with their courses. The role of course tutors in supporting academic engagement was crucial to the students' perceptions of the academic quality of their courses, and this relationship mediated the association between the reported attitudes and behaviour of the tutors and the students' general satisfaction with their courses. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.) IS - 3 JF - Open Learning EP - 244 TI - Academic Engagement and Perceptions of Quality in Distance Education PB - Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/default.html VL - 18 SP - 223 KW - elearning KW - encuestas_estudiantes KW - satisfaccion_de_usuarios KW - tesis KW - test AU - Richardson, John AU - Long, Gary PY - 2003/09/0/ UR - http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=EJ770665 ER -