ABSTRACT
With increased numbers of non-traditional students, declining state university budgets along with a poorly performing US economy, and increased educational competition- universities are increasing the number of online instruction to increase the breadth and scope of their educational offering opportunities. This study specifically examines a non-traditional online Business Finance 9 point online implementation rubric to explore how ideal course design and learning attitudes are related.
The results of this study documents that although nontraditional students prefer traditional live classroom instruction they also have positive attitudes toward online instruction due to time constraints outside the classroom, and perform as will with online as the do with live instruction. As non-traditional student populations continue to increase during a period of declining university budgets, online instruction is an efficient and effective way to facilitate learning although online learning at traditional universities are a relatively small percentage of most universities instructional offerings.
Keywords
Online Instruction, Distance Learning, Business Finance