An Investigation of the Fundamental Characteristics in Quality Online Spanish Instruction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v22i2.285-306Keywords:
Online Spanish Instruction, Online Foreign Language Instruction, Quality Online InstructionAbstract
This article presents research findings investigating the fundamental characteristics in online Spanish instruction (at the university level in the United States) designed to maximize learning outcomes. The researcher collected data to develop a rubric of the fundamental characteristic in online Spanish instruction and then to determine whether the characteristics were currently being included in online Spanish instruction and to what level of success, according to students taking online Spanish courses. The analysis in the study followed Moore's principles of distance education as a theoretical base and tested the research findings against these theories.
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