Comparison of performance and attitude in traditional and computer conferencing classes |
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| Authors: | Hui‐Chuan Cheng James Lehman Penny Armstrong |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Assistant Professor in the Training and Learning Program , New York Institute of Technology , Old Westbury, NY, 11568;2. Associate Professor of Educational Computing , Purdue University , 1442 Matthews Hall, West Lafayette, IN, 47907–1442;3. Graduate Assistant in the Department of Educational Studies, School of Education , Purdue University , West Lafayette, IN, 47907 |
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| Abstract: | Abstract A 1992 survey of the thirty‐five Oklahoma schools that received satellite downlinks as part of the 1988–1990 Midlands Consortium Star Schools grant investigated the extent to which schools were continuing to use the equipment and the impact of satellite access on their educational programs. Four schools did not use their downlinks in 1991–92, and two of the four also did not use the equipment in 1990–91; thirty‐one schools were continuing to use the equipment to receive student and/or staff development programming. Sixty‐one percent of thirty‐three respondents believe satellite access has very significantly or significantly improved the educational program for students at their school; 39% believe it has very significantly or significantly improved their overall staff development program. Forty‐eight percent of respondents reported a decrease in use since the first year of operation; 76% of respondents anticipate an increase in use in the future. |
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