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Unanswered Questions about Online Learning in Higher Education

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.

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Unanswered Questions about Online Learning in Higher Education

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  1. Unanswered Questionsabout Online Learningin Higher Education Shanna Smith Jaggars Community College Research Center Teachers College/Columbia University Education Writers Association New Orleans, LA, April 8, 2011

  2. 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

  3. Research Evidence Trade-offs National survey High Large-scalewell-controlledstudies Applies Across People & Contexts Small rigorousrandom-assignment study Small-scale uncontrolledstudy or survey Low Low High Strength of Causal Evidence

  4. Findings (Jaggars, 2011) • Large-scale controlled studies: only in CCs • Higher online course dropout • Slightly lower grades • Dampened persistence

  5. Research Evidence Trade-offs National survey High Large-scalewell-controlledstudies Applies Across People & Contexts Small rigorousrandom-assignment study Small-scale uncontrolledstudy or survey Low Low High Strength of Causal Evidence

  6. Unanswered Questions about Online Education • Assist student progression? • Cheaper / more efficient? • Encourage new college enrollments? • Higher-quality experience & learning?

  7. For more information: Please visit us on the web at http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu, where you can download presentations, reports, CCRC Briefs, and sign-up for news announcements. Community College Research Center Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College, Columbia University 525 West 120th Street, Box 174, New York, NY 10027 E-mail: ccrc@columbia.edu Telephone: 212.678.3091 CCRC is funded in part by: Alfred P. Sloan foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education, The Ford Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, National Science Foundation (NSF), Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education

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