unanswered questions about online learning in higher education
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Unanswered Questions about Online Learning in Higher Education. Shanna Smith Jaggars Community College Research Center Teachers College/Columbia University Education Writers Association New Orleans, LA, April 8, 2011. DoE report. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Unanswered Questionsabout Online Learning
in Higher Education Shanna Smith Jaggars
Community College Research Center
Teachers College/Columbia University
Education Writers Association
New Orleans, LA, April 8, 2011
DoE report
• 27 studies comparing entirely-online vs. face-to-face student outcomes
• 6 focused on college courses
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, Washington, D.C., 2010 (revised).www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html
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Strength of Causal Evidence
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Findings (Jaggars, 2011)
• Large-scale controlled studies: only in CCs– Higher online course dropout– Slightly lower grades– Dampened persistence
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Small rigorousrandom-assignmentstudy
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Small-scale uncontrolledstudy or survey
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Unanswered Questions about Online Education
• Assist student progression?
• Cheaper / more efficient?
• Encourage new college enrollments?
• Higher-quality experience & learning?
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