A study of adult e-learning in higher distance educacion: a statistical analysis of students' performance in financial accounting in a Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED)

• Published in: Revista iberoamericana de educación a distancia 2013-07, Vol.16 (2), p.33-57
• Main Authors: Teresa Carmen Herrador Alcaide, Montserrat Hernández Solís
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: e-learning en educación a distancia universitaria, rendimiento del e-learning en estudiantes de contabilidad, percepción estudiantil del e-learning, resultados de la enseñanza online, vídeos interactivos en red
• ISSN: 1138-2783; 1390-3306
• DOI: 10.5944/ried.16.2.9904

This article aims to establish a mathematical model to measure the performance of e-learning in adult distance education in the field of financial economics and accounting. As an innovative methodology, a ‘linear regression’ approach was applied to contrast correlations between variables in the model. A teacher innovation network was implemented for e-learning using different types of material. The compilation of data was carried out by means of an opinion survey to evaluate the usage of the four elements that comprised the design factors of the e-learning model applied at UNED. The contrast of a ‘Null Hypothesis’, e.g. by means of linear regression analysis, validated the established model. However, the ‘binary logistical analysis’ and the statistical contrast of the group demonstrated that the effect of e-learning on performance was not as high as it had been expected.