This document summarizes 10 sources that examine learners' perceptions and perspectives of online/e-learning. The sources studied students' views of online versus face-to-face learning, quality of online learning from the student perspective, comparisons of campus-based versus online courses, and students' perceptions of online courses. Overall, the research investigated how students perceive features of online environments and their associations between perceptions of online course quality and technologies used.
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20. 1. Fortune, M., Speilman, M., & Pangelinan, D. (2011). Students’ perceptions of
online or face-to-face learning and social media in hospitality, recreation
and tourism. MERLOT Journal of Online Teaching and Learning, 7(14), 1-
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2. Ehlers, U. (2004). Quality in e-learning from a learner's perspective. European
Journal of Open, Distance and E- Learning. Retrieved from
http://www.eurodl.org /index.php?article=101
3. Humphreys, A. H. & Konomos, P. (2010). ITDL: Student perspectives on
campus-based versus online courses. International Journal of
Instructional Technology & Distance Learning, 7(8). Retrieved from
http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Aug_10/article03.htm
4. Nakos, G.E., Deis, M.H., & Jourdan, L. (2002). Students' perceptions of on-line
courses: An exploratory study. Turkish Online Journal of Distance
Education, 3(1), 58-66.
21. 5. Palmer, S. & Holt, D. (2009). Staff and student perceptions of an online learning
environment: Difference and development. Australasian Journal of
Educational Technology, 25(3), 366-381.
6. Parker, M. & Martin, F. (2010). Using virtual classrooms: Student perceptions of
features and characteristics in an online and blended course. MERLOT Journal
of Online Teaching and Learning, 6(1), 135-147.
7. Rovai, A. P. & Barnum, K. T. (2003). On-line course effectiveness: An analysis of
student interactions and perceptions of learning. The Journal of Distance
Education, 18(1), 57- 73.
8. Simon, J. C., Brooks, L. D., & Wilkes, R. B. (2003). Empirical Study of Students'
Perceptions of Online Courses. In McGill, T. (Ed.), Current Issues in IT
Education. (pp. 357-366). Hershey, PA: IRM Press.
9. Wuensch, K.L., Aziz, S., Ozan, E., Kishore, M., & Tabrizi, M. H. N. (2009).
Technology and pedagogy: The association between students’ perceptions of
the quality of online courses and the technologies employed. MERLOT Journal
of Online Teaching and Learning, 5(2), 253-262.
22. 10. Yang, Y. & Durrington, V. (2010). Investigation of students’ perceptions of online
course quality. International Journal on E-Learning, 9(3), 341-361
