ERIC Number: EJ1068874
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Aug
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-4909
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Online System Adoption and K-12 Academic Outcomes
Kimmons, R.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, v31 n4 p378-391 Aug 2015
This study seeks to understand the relationship between K-12 online system adoption (e.g., Blackboard, Edmodo, WordPress) and school-level academic achievement ratings. Utilizing a novel approach to data collection via website data extraction and indexing of all school websites in a target state in the United States (n?=?732) and merging these data with publicly available data on school academic achievement ratings, this study provides generalizable results of online system adoption on academic achievement ratings for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years. Univariate general linear modelling is used to determine significant relationships between categories of systems (e.g., "any," "education-specific," "generic," "cost," "no-cost," "proprietary," "open-source") or specific systems and school academic ratings for each year. The results indicate some general positive effects, but effect sizes remain small and account for 2% or less of variance in ratings. Implications of this study suggest that online system adoption does not impact student academic achievement at a sufficient level to justify adoption that is not meaningfully coupled with other essential factors of school development (e.g., professional development, curricular development), and we propose that decision-makers should be wary of large-scale, technocentric attempts to improve schools that are not grounded in generalizable research findings.
Descriptors: Online Systems, Adoption (Ideas), Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Rating, Web Sites, Content Analysis, Data Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Effect Size, Influence of Technology, Appropriate Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Achievement Gains, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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