Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: While there has been growing interest regarding online education (OE), there is no scale available to measure students’ perceived risk of OE. This study develops a reliable and valid scale to measure perceived risk of OE using both qualitative method (focus groups, to develop questionnaire items) and quantitative techniques (e.g. factor analysis, to test and refine questionnaire subscales). The study reveals that the construct of perceived risk of OE has five dimensions: performance risk, time-loss risk, social risk, psychological risk, and source risk. Findings indicate that four factors of the scale – performance, time-loss, psychological, and source risks are strongly predictive of OE enrollment intent.
Authors: Fatma A. Mohamed, Ahmad Hassan, Barbara J. Spencer
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1524928467