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computer technology more readily, and this affects their perceptions of the course. Moreover,
Sankaran, Sankaran, and Bui (2000) reported that students' stated perceptions about internet
course delivery were linked to final course grades. Finally, Williams, Aubin, Harkin, and Cottrell
(2001) noted that although students earned the same or higher grades when taking online classes,
students reported that they were less confident in their expertise with the material.
Increasingly, universities are providing funding for instructors to evaluate alternative
modes of instructional delivery in order to create more motivated and engaged learners, and
simultaneously improve student outcomes. Next Generation Course Redesign (NextGen) at the
university in which this research took place is one such program. NextGen assists instructors and
faculty to restructure the delivery of their content from traditional lecture format to classes that
include experiential learning, small group work and online assignments. Further, instructors are
required to break down their course content into component parts to provide general and specific
learning objectives against which student learning may be measured. The introductory course in
behavior analysis in which this research took place is a NextGen course. The course already
incorporates scientifically proven instructional techniques, and continual assessment and
alteration of course design and delivery ensure that instructional approaches meet the changing
needs of the students. As such, determining the methods of instruction that maximize student
learning outcomes, and analyzing the effects of changing component parts of the course, is a
high priority.
Behavior analysis has a long history of research into educational best practice. In 1968
Skinner's The Technology of Teaching bought behavior analysis squarely into the realm of
formal education, and in the same year Keller (1968) predicted the changing role of the instructor
in education in the seminal article, "Goodbye Teacher." Despite the advantages for effective
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Treacher, Kay G. Online Lecture As an Alternative Method of Instruction in College Classrooms: Measuring the Effects of Alternating In-class with Online Lectures in Two Sections of an Undergraduate Introduction to Behavior Analysis Course, thesis, May 2013; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271907/m1/11/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .