Enhancing the Accounting Major with Online Learning

Authors

  • Hershey Friedman Ph.D Professor Dept of Finance and Business Management Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
  • Frimette Kass-Shraibman, Ph.D., CPA Associate Professor Dept. of Accountancy, Taxation and Law Brooklyn College of the City University of New York

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18533/ijbsr.v2i7.116

Keywords:

accounting education, hybrid courses, distance education, collaboration, creativity

Abstract

Accounting majors who wish to be successful in life must learn to acquire knowledge using all kinds of platforms. The belief that the only way people can learn is by classroom instruction is not supported by research. The authors show how online learning is an important tool for achieving the various goals of accounting education that should include creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and problem solving. The authors conclude that the optimal method to teach accounting is by combining face-to-face learning with on-line learning.

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Vol. 2 No. 7 (2012): December

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