Comparative Analysis of Face-to-Face and Online Course Offerings: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Experience. S. Junaidu and J. AlGhamdi

Abstract

This paper compares face-to-face (F2F) teaching and online facilitation of a Data Structures course at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). Participants were undergraduate full-time students of our Computer Science and Computer Engineering BS programs. We analyzed final exam grades and the students? cumulative GPAs over five semester pairs. The results show that the CGPAs of the online students and the corresponding course GPAs were higher in four of the five semester pairs studied. This may be attributed to the students? ability, the lab component in the online offerings (there was no lab in the F2F offerings), the increased number of quizzes and homework assignments in the online offerings or attributed to a synergy of all these. (leer más…)

Fuente: [INternational Journal of Intruccional Technology & Distance Learning]