Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: With the rapid development of information systems and the Internet technology, there has been a lot of progress in the multi-media and the Internet industry.It has also brought innovation in the mode of educational learning.This study was designed for freshman students of college in the e-learning method of an accounting course, so as to investigate different achievement and motivation implementation of this method.The study applied quasi-experimental design, divided into an experimental group and a control group.Learning effect evaluation was done by using pre-test and post-test.In order to achieve the purpose of the study, the experimental group applied e-learning strategy and the control group applied traditional learning style.After a six week period, we examined the effectiveness of learning in the experimental group.The results were two-fold: firstly, e-learning strategy is not different from the traditional learning method in terms of achievement in accounting for freshman students in college; secondly, e-learning strategy is superior to the traditional learning method in terms of learning motivation.
Authors: Hong-Min Lin, Wan-Ju Chen, Shu-Fen Nien
Institution: National Taichung University of Education
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2325838142