by Virtual College
Using high-quality online learning courses does not negatively impact the academic attainment of higher educational students, a study has shown. Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence from Randomized Trials was produced by Brown Center on Education Policy fellow Matthew Chingos and his colleagues at Ithaka S+R. It involved randomly assigning people to take an introductory statistics course through either traditional university educational models – which typically involve three or four hours of direct instruction every week – or through a hybrid format, with one hour of face-to-face contact with instructors every seven days and e-learning tools providing machine-guided assistance. Mr Chingos explained that both groups of students did just as well when their abilities were tested through performance on standardised tests in the subject, as well as in terms of final exam results and pass rates. “These zero-difference coefficients are precisely estimated,” the report declared.
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