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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Distance Learning: A Comparison Using Meta-Analysis
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This article used meta-analysis to summarize the quantitative literature comparing the performance of students in distance education versus traditional classes and found that distance education course students slightly outperformed traditional students on exams and course grades.Abstract:
This article uses meta-analysis to summarize the quantitative literature comparing the performance of students in distance education versus traditional classes. The average effect (average r = .048, k = 39, N = 71,731) demonstrates that distance education course students slightly outperformed traditional students on exams and course grades. The average effect was heterogeneous, and the examination of several moderating features (presence or absence of simultaneous interaction, type of channel used in distance education, and course substance) failed to produce a homogeneous solution. The results demonstrate, however, no clear decline in educational effectiveness when using distance education technology. The profound impact that technological innovations are having in all facets of education focuses attention on assessing relationships between changing modes and practices of instruction and their outcomes. The emergence of new technologies does not change the goals of education. The new technologies change the process of communication within an educational setting to accomplish those goals. Research by communication scholars is needed to examine how changes in means of communicating content impacts the goals of those engaged in a communication activity. Understanding potential impacts of technologically driven differences between traditional classrooms and distance learning contexts is clearly appropriate (Althaus, 1997; Boettcher, 1996; Greene & Meek, 1998; McHenry & Bozik, 1995; Verduin &read more
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Comparing Student Satisfaction with Distance Education to Traditional Classrooms in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: The meta-analysis described here indicates a slight student preference for a traditional educational format over a distance education format, and little difference in satisfaction levels, which support those of researchers arguing that distance education does not diminish the level of student satisfaction when compared to traditional face-to-face methods of instruction.