Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development
Policy and Program Studies Service
Center for Technology in Learning
The major findings of this comprehensive study are that:
Online learning works better than face-to-face.
The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving traditional face-to-face instruction.
Blending doesn’t improve learning outcomes.
Blended and purely online learning conditions implemented within a single study generally result in similar student learning outcomes.
Give the learners control.
Online learning can be enhanced by giving learners control of their interactions with media and prompting learner reflection.
People who have been putting down online learning as inferior to instructor-led will be disappointed. I wonder what Fox News mouthpiece will be the first to suggest that the Department of Education is pinko.
Vendors who depend entirely on online delivery will be elated. Just imagine the ads that will be appearing in CLO and Training.
Before you, too, get carried away…
When multiple learning outcome data were reported (e.g., assignments, midterm and final examinations, grade point averages, grade distributions), the outcome that could be expected to be more stable and more closely aligned to the instruction was extracted (e.g., final examination scores instead of quizzes).
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