Evaluation of Effective Interventions to Solve the Drop out Problem in Adult Distance Education

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Winiecki, D., Fenner, J.A. & Chyung, Y. (1999). Evaluation of Effective Interventions to Solve the Drop out Problem in Adult Distance Education. In B. Collis & R. Oliver (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 1999 (pp. 51-55). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/17397.

Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 1999
1999
  Betty Collis & Ron Oliver
AACE

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Authors

Donald Winiecki, Jo Ann Fenner, Yonnie Chyung, Boise State University, USA

Abstract

Described in this paper is a case study of evaluation conducted in the instructional & performance technology (IPT) department at Boise State University (BSU). The IPT department offers a distance education (DE) option in its Master's degree program. This case study describes the effective interventions that the educational organization used to reduce the drop out rate. The drop out rate during 1989 and 1996 was 44%. The IPT DE program designed and implemented interventions to reduce the drop out rate during the three semesters in 1997. Within a year, they found that significantly positive results were obtained from their interventions. The purpose of this paper is to help audience understand how to design, implement, and evaluate interventions to reduce high dropout rates. Several instructional design models and an evaluation model such as the ARCS model, the Organizational Element Model (OEM), and Kirkpatrick's evaluation model are discussed in the paper.

Keywords

• Evaluation
• Distance Education
• Educational Technology
• Instructional Design

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