| Title: | The Benefit of Providing Face-to-Face Lectures in Online Learning Microeconomics Courses: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design Experiment |
| Authors: | 陳鎮洲
Chen, Jennjou;Lin, Tsui-Fang |
| Contributors: | 經濟學系 |
| Keywords: | online learning;face-to-face lecture;attendance;regression discontinuity |
| Date: | 2016-11 |
| Issue Date: | 2018-01-08 17:15:22 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the effect of attending face-to-face lectures on examination performance in online Intermediate Microeconomics courses using a regression discontinuity experimental approach. The instructor implemented a policy requiring students who scored below the class mean on the first exam to attend four face-to-face lectures before the second exam. The estimation results show that, on the average, attending face-to-face lectures does not improve online learning students' examination performance. However, for the group of students who did not or chose not to access online course materials, attending face-to-face lectures did produce a significant and positive effect on their grades. As revealed from this study, offering face-to-face lecture options to online learning students requires more resources but does not significantly improve students' examination performance. In order to enhance students learning particular for low performing students, a cost effective policy option might not be requiring students to attend face-to- face lectures but discovering ways to encourage or require students accessing pre-recorded lectures. |
| Relation: | Economics Bulletin, 36(4), 2094-2116 |
| Data Type: | article |
| Appears in Collections: | [經濟學系] 期刊論文
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