As the researcher mentioned, the purpose of is to navigate the use and effectiveness of tele-teaching with two groups of internal Introductory Accounting classes within a multi-campus University. This was done through introducing a four-interaction model for analyzing and evaluating distance and flexible learning, using the four-way model of educational interactions to analyze and outline the new teaching and learning issues in tele-teaching, and finally evaluating the students’ attitudes to the new learning context using the above framework. To determine the use and effectiveness of this approach, researchers focused in if there are significant differences in the content of lecture materials and student learning from students’ perspectives.
Monash University has initiated Tele-teaching Introductory Accounting lectures in the second semester in 1996, between the Berwick and Gippsland Campuses.
The researcher developed a questionnaire of 17 questions to collect information about students’ attitudes and responses on the tele-teaching lectures compared to the traditional F2F lectures. About 185 questionnaires were distributes to students in the last lecture (from Berwick and Gipps Land). 40 students were male and 80 female, and their ages ranged between 18 and 29 according to the demographic information collected from the questionnaire. Also students were of similar characteristics. Research showed that students did accept the tele-teaching and state some benefits in its used but most of them still preferred the traditional way of teaching (F2F) for teaching account.
Monash University has initiated Tele-teaching Introductory Accounting lectures in the second semester in 1996, between the Berwick and Gippsland Campuses.
The researcher developed a questionnaire of 17 questions to collect information about students’ attitudes and responses on the tele-teaching lectures compared to the traditional F2F lectures. About 185 questionnaires were distributes to students in the last lecture (from Berwick and Gipps Land). 40 students were male and 80 female, and their ages ranged between 18 and 29 according to the demographic information collected from the questionnaire. Also students were of similar characteristics. Research showed that students did accept the tele-teaching and state some benefits in its used but most of them still preferred the traditional way of teaching (F2F) for teaching account.
Reference:
A.Halabi, J.Tuovinen & J.Maxfield. (2000). Evaluation of Educational Interactions in Accounting Tele-Teaching. Australian Society for computer in learning in Tertiary Education from http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/coffs00/papers/abdel_halabi.pdf
