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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Study: E-Learning Implications - Craig Ullman, techLearning
The good people of NCREL, the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, have come up with a “meta-analysis” on the effects of Distance Learning in K-12, and I’m not sure whether their study is incredibly validating – or a total disaster.... The study does go through a series of caveats before stating their conclusion. It’s only one meta-analysis, after all. One must remember Piaget and of course Vygotsky. Some subject matter, like complex math, doesn’t quite work in a Distance Learning format. And we need more information. But the study does have a conclusion, however tentative: “The analysis resulted in an overall weighted effect size not significantly different from zero…distance education is as effective as classroom instruction.”
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