The Effectiveness of Distance Education across Virginia's Community Colleges: Evidence from Introductory College-Level Math and English Courses

By Di Xu, Shanna Smith Jaggars. 2011

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Online Course-taking and Student Outcomes in California Community Colleges (2016, background): “…consistently find that students in FtF courses outperform their peers in online courses, both in terms of course persistence and grades (Xu and Jaggars 2011, 2013; Johnson and Cuellar Mejia 2014; Streich 2014), for most subgroups of students and in most subject areas (Xu and Jaggars 2014;…”
The impact of online learning on students’ course outcomes: Evidence from a large community and technical college system (2013, methodology): “Thus far, only one study has done so: Using a dataset including hundreds of course sections from 23 colleges in Virginia’s community college system, Xu and Jaggars (2011) found that students fared significantly worse in online courses in terms of both course persistence and endof-course grades.”
Understanding the Racial Transfer Gap: Modeling Underrepresented Minority and Nonminority Students’ Pathways from Two-to Four-Year Institutions (2014, background): “Furthermore, recent findings suggest that taking an online class may decrease students’ odds of transferring (Xu & Jaggars, 2011).”
How do online course design features influence student performance? (2016, background): “…are more common among students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds or have lower levels of preparation (Figlio, Rush, & Yin, 2013; Kaupp, 2012; Xu & Jaggars, 2014), resulting in overall negative effects within the community college population (Johnson & Mejia, 2014; Xu & Jaggars, 2011, 2013).”
The sudden transition to synchronized online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study exploring medical students’ perspectives (2020, methodology): “…was adopted in a study that involved utilizing a dataset of hundreds of courses being taught at 23 colleges of Virginia ’ s community college system; the authors found that students ’ performance was worse in online courses with respect to both course persistence and end-of-course grades [7].”
Teaching and Learning in the Time of COVID: The Student Perspective (2021, background): “Moreover, there is some evidence that students earn lower grades in courses taken online than in those with face-to-face meetings, and the difference is larger for students with lower levels of academic preparation (Bettinger & Loeb, 2017; Xu & Jaggars, 2011, 2013).”
Choosing Between Online and Face-to-Face Courses: Community College Student Voices (2014, background): “…courses across all twenty-three Virginia community colleges, which found that, after controlling for a wide array of student characteristics, students were substantially less likely to successfully complete online courses with a C or better, compared with face-to-face courses (Xu and Jaggars 2011).”