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| Evaluating a telecourse on aging | | Author(s) | Kathryn L Braun, Ellen Roberts, Joan P Dubanoski |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 24, no 2, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 141-158 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Courses ; Television [media] ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | `Growing Old in a New Age' is a 13-hour telecourse in gerontology produced by the University of Hawaii in 1993. This article reports on evaluation findings. Students taking television and classroom versions of the course in 1993-94 were compared on outcomes, e.g. completion of assignments, improvement in knowledge and attitudes toward older adults, grades, satisfaction with the course, and access to instructor. Findings suggested that telecourse students completed more of the readings, and rated the readings and videos as more helpful than did in-class students, but that in-class students reported better access to the instructor. On post-test, both groups showed similar improvements in attitude, but only the classroom group reported a significant increase in knowledge as measured by Palmore Facts on Aging quizzes. Both groups reported enjoying the course; the distribution of grades was similar. While offering the telecourse in 1996, efforts were made to increase instructor contact and interactivity for students; improvements were made in their knowledge and in overall results. The evaluation confirms findings reported in the literature that such distance learning courses are as effective as classroom-based courses. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980811216 A |
| Classmark | BG: VE: UKL: 4C: 7T |
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