Xi 1 Wei Xi Kristen Foster CO150.401 24 October 2013 Can Online Courses Take Place of Traditional Courses in Classroom?

An Annotated Bibliography This annotated bibliography was compiled in order to explore the increasingly exigent and controversial topic of the efficiency of online education. My interest in this topic was catalyzed nearly two years ago after my father was enrolled in an online education of a college with the purpose of getting a bachelor degree. This issue is controversial because nowadays, more and more online education institutions are set up to provide people a different way to access to the high education. Students like me, and their parents want to know more about this kind of education. And many scholars and the administrative staff of colleges want to see if its worth popularizing online education. The research question that guided my research is: Can online courses take place of traditional courses in classroom? Between the date of October 3, 2013 and October 24, 2013, I conducted the research in order to figure out the advantage and disadvantage of online and traditional courses to see if online courses can take place of traditional courses in classroom. Included here are four sources, one of which is an academic article published in peer-reviewed journals. Another one is an editorial from a newspaper. The rest two sources are newspaper articles online.

Xi 2 Daymont, Thomas. Gary, Blau. Student Performance in Online and Traditional Sections of An Undergraduate Management Course. Journal Of Behavioral & Applied Management 9.3 (2008): 275-294. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Oct. 2013. This scholarly article was written for other academics and researchers who are interested in the state of research about online and traditional education. The purpose is to figure out the performance of students in online and traditional class who are attending undergraduate courses. The main type of evidence they used in the source is statistics. According to the table they made, the authors found out that students who are enrolled in traditional courses do better than those in online course when there are some limits on major, class and GPA. Females are doing as well as males in online courses. They also discussed some possible compensation principles for online class such as Thus, many online instructors can be expected to compensate by providing additional structure and reminders in, for example, the course syllabus, emails, and announcements.(290)

I think this source is credible enough. Firstly, it is quite related to my research problem. Secondly, it was published Journal Of Behavioral & Applied Management and I found it on Academic Search Premier. One limitation of this article is that it lack the information of students own idea of online and traditional course.

This source helps me answer my research question by providing me statistic data of the performance of students who attend online and traditional class. This article gives me the perspective of stakeholders that students need more discipline if they want to take online courses.

Xi 3 Amajoyi, Nwadiuto. Can Online Course Replace Classrooms sfgate.com Hearst Newspaper, 15 Feb. 2013, Web. 13 Oct.2013. This online newspaper article is written to those who are interested in online course and traditional course in classroom. The author informs that online course cannot take place traditional course at least for now. The main type of evidence used in the source is his personal experience. He first claims that we still cannot be surely to say that the cost of online course is less than traditional course. The author also gives some example of the serious ramification of the decision to hold online education like there will be more community college students will enroll in such kind of class from a famous college. He then raised a lot of question to doubt the benefits of online class. Though Nwadiuto says he knows some benefits of online education, he still claims that I am not sold on it.

Several factors contribute to the credibility of this source. First of all, it is published on February 15, 2013, which makes it quite recent. It is also published on the website of SFGate.com, which belongs to a famous company, Hearst Communications Inc., according to Wikipedia (Hearst Corporation). One limitation of this article is that it only talks about the online education proposal of UC, which seems too narrow.

This source helps me answered my research question by providing the advantage that online class cannot supply. For example, the author illustrates that the classroom can providing a more competitive environment. The stakeholders perspective is that online course cannot take place of traditional course.

Xi 4 The Trouble with Online College Editorial. New York Times, 18 Feb. 2013 Web. 17 Oct. 2013. This editorial was written for the academics and researchers interested in the research about the online education. The main type of evidence is the research and study done by others. The author attempts to argue that online college actually has many problems need dealing with. One is the student attrition rates. The author claims that around 90 percent for some huge online courses appear to be a problem. Another one is the lack of close contact. He illustrates that there are only about 25 students and professor but they have millions of students for online courses. They can barely have close contact. At last, the author suggests that before online education is used extensively, the courses have to be improved first.

Several factors contribute to the credibility of this source. First of all, it was published in 18 February 2013, which shows that it is a recent source. It is also published in New York Times, which is one of America's most popular news sites according to Wikipedia (The New York Times). One limitation of this article is that the author doesnt concede to the opposite and the evidences seems too single.

This source helps me answer my research question by showing me the main issues of online education. For example, the article shows that in most online classes, it lacks faceto-face interaction. The perspective of stakeholders is that though online college is a new access to education, it is not designed well enough.

Xi 5 Bidwell, Allie. Americans Doubt the Rigor and Quality of Online Education usnews.com. News & World Report LP, 15 Oct. 2013. Web. 19 Oct. 2013. This online article was written for those who are interested in the rigor and quality of online education. The author trying to inform people that quality of online learning is worse than the education in the classroom. The main types of the evidence are quotations and some surveys conducted by others. The author demonstrates that nearly half people in a report agrees that the employers prefer traditional degrees to online degrees. And also, the data in the article concludes that people are not satisfied with the quality of online education as only 5 percent viewed online programs as excellent, while 18 percent said the quality is poor, and 34 percent said those programs are only fair in terms of quality.(Allie)

I think this article is reliable enough. First, it is published on 15 Oct.2013, which makes it quite recent. Another factor is this article answers my question by providing evidences to show that online education has poor quality. One limitation of this article is that all the ideas in the article are from others, theres no authors own opinion.

This source helps me with my researching by provides the peoples thoughts on the quality and rigor of online education. The stakeholders perspective of the article is that online education does not have the same quality and rigor as traditional course in the classroom.

Xi 6 Work Sited Hearst Corporation Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Sep. 2013. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. The New York Times Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 13 Oct. 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2013.