Results from the distance student survey

Yes, I live more than 30 miles from campus and am enrolled in only online courses	3 (27%)
I live more than 30 miles from campus, but I come to campus for some classes	1 (9%)
I live closer than 30 miles to campus, but I still only take online classes	1 (9%)
I live within 30 miles of campus and have at least 1 on campus course.	6 (54%)

Votes so far: 11

We just created a bit of knowledge! We know now that for Spring 2009, of the 11 people that responded to the survey, over half of you are taking an online course although you're also taking face to face courses. We also know that nearly 1/3 (27%) of respondents meet MCTC Library's definition of a distance student: a student living more than 30 miles from campus AND is only enrolled in online courses.

Now, what could we do with this information? We could do further studies to find out why students choose to take a combination of online and face-to-face courses. Is it simply convenience? Is it knowing one's learning styles - maybe for some subjects, you can learn online but for others you know you need to be in a face-to-face course? We could look to find other data to see if other studies support our findings here. We could try to get a larger sample than 11. That's only about 1/4 of the number of students enrolled in my courses this semester.

What ideas do you have for what we could do with this information?