A case study of distance education at the Naval Postgraduate School
Authors
Owen, Walter E.
Roberts, Benjamin J.
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Date of Issue
2009
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Abstract
This study investigates video Tele-education as an effective instructional delivery mode for three
graduate degree programs at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) when faculty attitudes, student
attitudes and administrative staff attitudes are measured. A quasi- experimental case study
comparing two delivery methods, resident and Tele-education, was conducted. Data for student attitudes were obtained by archival student opinion forms used by NPS. Data for faculty and administrative staff attitudes were obtained from online surveys. Follow-up personal interviews were conducted as required to clarify respondent answers. Faculty, student and administrative staff attitudes were measured comparing instruction delivered by distance learning mode using video Tele-education and traditional mode using the standard resident classroom. Qualitative and
quantitative methods were used for analysis. The case study provides NPS and other academic institutions valuable lessons to help build or improve their distance education programs.
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Article
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Systems Engineering
Graduate School of Business and Public Policy (GSBPP)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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4 p.
Citation
W.E. Owen, B.J. Roberts, "A case study of distance education at the Naval Postgraduate School," World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications, (2009), pp.2654-2659.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.