Evaluating online courses via course-related competencies – A mixed-methods quasi-experiment evaluation study of an HIV Prevention Webcourses among college students

Autor: Su-I Hou
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1527-9316
DOI: 10.14434/josotl.v20i1.24645
Popis: Abstract: This convergent mixed method quasi-experiment study evaluates the effectiveness of an HIV Prevention Webcourses on reaching HIV related competencies among college students at a large public university in Florida. College students in health majors participated in the study, experiment group were students enrolled in the HIV Webcourses and comparison group were students who enrolled in non-HIV related courses from the same college. Six HIV competencies along with HIV knowledge were measured. Qualitative comments on own learning were also gathered from the experiment group of students. A total of 944 students participated (508 experimental and 436 comparison students). The reliability of the 6-item HIV competency scale showed satisfactory internal consistencies (Cronbach alpha = .914; CITCs ranged .670-.804). Regression analyses, controlling for their baseline scores, showed that students in the HIV Webcourses scored significant higher than comparison group (all p
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