Abstract
Erwin Boschmann [1] listed four major issues pertaining to "the infusion of technology in higher education" in a recent posting on The Technology Source. His third issue is ,that "there is little existing research on learning." This paper addresses that issue by analyzing a course web site now in its fifth semester of operation and focusing squarely on its effect on student learning. It discusses research methods for evaluating the web site's effect on student performance and statistical methods for identifying performance trends. Data on multiple undergraduate courses is presented, comparing student performance before and after the web site was introduced.
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