opposed to chat systems or Blackboard discussion boards when used for class discussions in the online Introduction to Statistics course. Alternative Hypothesis There is a significant difference between students’ total sense of community as measured by the (CCS, Rovai, 2002) and perceived learning as measured by Classroom Community Scale the (Rovai et al. 2009) based on the use of chat systems as Perceived CAP Learning Scale opposed to video conferencing or Blackboard discussion boards when used for class discussions in the online Introduction to Statistics course. Alternative Hypothesis There is a significant difference between students’ total sense of community as measured by the (CCS, Rovai, 2002) and perceived learning as measured by Classroom Community Scale the (Rovai et al. 2009) based on the use of Blackboard discussion Perceived CAP Learning Scale boards as opposed to chat systems or video conferencing when used for class discussions in the online Introduction to Statistics course. Independent Variables Communication Medium – Blackboard Discussion forums (1) Chat systems (2) Video conferencing (3) All are nominally measured as there is no actual measure nor score nor rating in the three systems. Dependent Variables Sense of community as measured by the (CCS, Rovai, 2002) Classroom Community Scale Perceived learning as measured by the (Rovai et al. 2009) Perceived CAP Learning Scale
opposed to chat systems or Blackboard discussion boards when used for class discussions in the online Introduction to Statistics course. Alternative Hypothesis There is a significant difference between students’ total sense of community as measured by the Classroom Community Scale (CCS, Rovai, 2002) and perceived learning as measured by the Perceived CAP Learning Scale (Rovai et al. 2009) based on the use of chat systems as opposed to video conferencing or Blackboard discussion boards when used for class discussions in the online Introduction to Statistics course. Alternative Hypothesis There is a significant difference between students’ total sense of community as measured by the Classroom Community Scale (CCS, Rovai, 2002) and perceived learning as measured by the Perceived CAP Learning Scale (Rovai et al. 2009) based on the use of Blackboard discussion boards as opposed to chat systems or video conferencing when used for class discussions in the online Introduction to Statistics course. Independent Variables – Communication Medium Blackboard Discussion forums (1) Chat systems (2) Video conferencing (3) All are nominally measured as there is no actual measure nor score nor rating in the three systems. Dependent Variables Sense of community as measured by the Classroom Community Scale (CCS, Rovai, 2002) Perceived learning as measured by the Perceived CAP Learning Scale (Rovai et al. 2009)
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