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Detecting Bias in Meta-Analyses of Distance Education Research: Big Pictures We Can Rely On
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Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Tamim, Rana M. – Distance Education, 2014
This article has two interrelated purposes. The first is to explain how various forms of bias, if introduced during any stage of a meta-analysis, can provide the consumer with a misimpression of the state of a research literature. Five of the most important bias-producing aspects of a meta-analysis are presented and discussed. Second, armed with…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Research, Bias, Meta Analysis
Optimising the Blended Learning Environment: The Arab Open University Experience
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Hamdi, Tahrir; Abu Qudais, Mohammed – Open Learning, 2018
This paper will offer some insights into possible ways to optimise the blended learning environment based on experience with this modality of teaching at Arab Open University/Jordan branch and also by reflecting upon the results of several meta-analytical studies, which have shown blended learning environments to be more effective than their face…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Blended Learning, Educational Technology
Blended/Hybrid Courses: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Instructional Designers and Educators
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Helms, Samuel A. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
This article explores some of the literature on blended/hybrid learning and identifies recommendations for instructional designers and faculty. Terminology and definitions are discussed first including the debate between the words "blended" and "hybrid." A working definition for the article is discussed but the article does not…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Literature Reviews, Instructional Design, Vocabulary
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
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Means, Barbara; Toyama, Yukie; Murphy, Robert; Bakia, Marianne; Jones, Karla – US Department of Education, 2009
A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified more than a thousand empirical studies of online learning. Analysts screened these studies to find those that (a) contrasted an online to a face-to-face condition, (b) measured student learning outcomes, (c) used a rigorous research design, and (d) provided…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evidence, Educational Practices, Online Courses
Psychology for the Classroom: E-Learning
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Woollard, John – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Psychology for the Classroom: E-Learning" is a lively and accessible introduction to the field of technology-supported teaching and learning and the educational psychology associated with those developments. Offering a substantial and useful analysis of e-learning, this practical book includes current research, offers a grounding in both theory…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Social Justice, Constructivism (Learning)
Effectiveness of Fully Online Courses for College Students: Response to a Department of Education Meta-Analysis
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Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Bailey, Thomas – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
Proponents of postsecondary online education were recently buoyed by a meta-analysis sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education suggesting that, in many cases, student learning outcomes in online courses are superior to those in traditional face-to-face courses. This finding does not hold, however, for the studies included in the meta-analysis…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Income, Online Courses, College Students