EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF FLEXIBILITY ON QUALITY BENCHMARKS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION

Abstract

Internet Based learning is an emerging concept in distanced education now-a-days. Quality Benchmarks were also equally important to consider. The study was aimed to investigate the impact of flexibility in internet based distance education on quality benchmarks. A self-administered 7 point likert scale questionnaire was adopted for primary data collection. Virtual University of Pakistan has been chosen as target organization under judgmental sampling technique. 205 faculty members of Virtual University of Pakistan recorded their responses. Correlation and regression analysis was run in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 19.0 for data analysis. Findings proved that flexibility has positive impact on quality benchmarks. Data shows that flexibility explains 18.9% variation in quality benchmarks.