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Aug 23
2009
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Online Education Beats the ClassroomPosted by Al Novas in TOPYX, Social Networking, Interactyx, eLearning 2.0   |
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On Wednesday, August 19, the New York Times published an article based on a 12 year study comprehensive study on online education at all levels (K-12, college and adult continuing education programs of all kinds) was recently published. The study encompassed 99 quantitative studies comparing online and instructor lead courses.
Conclusion - online education beats the classroom.
In the article, reporter Steve Lohr states:
"Until fairly recently, online education amounted to little more than electronic versions of the old-line correspondence courses. That has really changed with arrival of Web-based video, instant messaging and collaboration tools.
The real promise of online education, experts say, is providing learning experiences that are more tailored to individual students than is possible in classrooms. That enables more "learning by doing," which many students find more engaging and useful."
The real promise of eLearning is available today.
Moreover, the dean of Arizona State University's Online and Extended Campus program states we are at an inflection point with respect to eLearning. Lohr reports that Mr. Regier see things evolving fairly rapidly, accelerated by the increasing use of social networking technology.
You will want an eLearning platform that will assist you in getting these results - and not use legacy systems that, as described above, are little more than electronic versions of courses. If you are an academic institution, see what institutions like the University of Cambridge has selected.
If you are a corporation, your employees need to be more productive more than ever before. And when your CFO is challenging your training budget, suggest an eLearning 2.0 platform with little investment, a very rapid ROI and all the benefits of a state of the art eLearning system. If you are looking to toss out your legacy LMS like a 1/3rd of large companies are intending to do, get your payback before the end of the year.
Collaborative learning, cost savings and an environmentally friendly education distribution system our eLearning 2.0 and mLearning platform provides are just some of the benefits of TOPYX®. Our eLearning 2.0 education distribution technologies are paving the way in creating innovative solutions to meet the needs of today's learner.
For more information, blogs, videos and even test driving TOPYX, please go to www.interactyx.com.
Alfred R. Novas
Chief Executive Officer
Interactyx Limited
al.novas@interactyx.com
www.interactyx.com
Interactyx, the developer of TOPYX®, is at the forefront of developing eLearning and social networking solutions that engage and facilitate knowledge-sharing activities with learners.
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www.sangambayard-c-m.com
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The study by the US Department of Education spanned 99 studies over 12 years. Please look at its findings at our Resource Center at http://www.interactyx.com/resource-center under Documents. I think you will see how comprehensive it actually is.
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http://linkindians.blogspot.com
Refer to the article Can E-Learning transform the education system?
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http://linkindians.blogspot.co...tion.html
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Certainly any study should not be taken blindly. However, this was a 12 year, 99 different studies that concluded (from the Abstract and highlighted), "The meta-analysis found that, an average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction."
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Clark (1983) has cautioned against interpreting studies of instruction in different media as demonstrating an effect for a given medium inasmuch as conditions may vary with respect to a whole set of instructor and content variables. That caution applies well to the findings of this meta-analysis, which should not be construed as demonstrating that online learning is superior as a medium. Rather, it is the combination of elements in the treatment conditions, which are likely to include additional learning time and materials as well as additional opportunities for collaboration, that has proven effective. The meta-analysis findings do not support simply putting an existing course online, but they do support redesigning instruction to incorporate additional learning opportunities online.
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Please read through the US Department of Education's 12 year, 93 page Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning - A Meta-Analysis and Review of 99 Online Learning Studies at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eva...eport.pdf.
Enjoy.
Al
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