Evaluation of Evidence-

Based Practices in

Online Learning

LTMS 608 CMS

Denise C. Nichols

The research was conducted by SRI International for the Policy and Program Studies Service of the U.S. Department of Education.

Goal of the Study

The overall goal of the study is to provide research-based guidance

for implementing online learning for K-12 education.

to policy-makers, administrators and educators

How was the study

conducted?

Research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified more than a thousand empirical studies of online learning.

What is a Meta Analysis?

What is an Effect Size?

Online Learning

Face to Face Learning

Blended Learning

Findings

Implications for K12 Education

My Search for More Research• http://www.edtechpolicy.org/policy.html Educational Technology

Policy, Research, & Outreach: Linking Research to Practice ; provides info on Papers/Reports, Portals, Journals, Organizations, Conferences, Maryland Advocacy, International Listserv, Education Data, Maryland Conferences, State Technology Plans

• http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/staying_course This was a good report; However only targets higher ed in US for 2008

• http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/learning_on_demand_sr2010 same as above; only in 2009; talks about faculty acceptance and training methods

• http://drpfconsults.com/soaring-demand-for-online-k-12-schools-and-mobile-learning/ Doctor Patricia Fiorello wrote Teaching Literacy Keeping with the Times

BibliographyU.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., 2009. This report is also available on the Department’s Web site at www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html.

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