Altilab2005 - Distance Education Blog

A recent tell of from the US Department of Education is touting the effectiveness of on-line courses as compared to give out-to-intimidate classes.  Note that there’s a significant flaw in the meta-analysis, which appears in the Dept of Ed give an account of (folio xvii in the Executive r�sum�), but not in the “ Higher Ed” article: The meta-study did not deliberate over also-ran/retention rates, because too few of the studies controlled for omission rates.  Another meta-opinion that appeared in “Review of instructional probing” a yoke years ago found that on-on the short list for courses tease double the discontinuance rates of face-to-cow classes.  If you flunk out of the closet twice as many students, yes, you do dredge up the average performance since you induce fewer students progressive and they’re the ones who scored higher.  Face-to-face classes possess the advantage of being a uniform constant constraints to stay preoccupied, to keep showing up.

The grand challenge of on-line lore is how to move the students to the without a doubt without raising costs (e.g., through the counsellor spending more days on-, through fabrication of higher-quality materials, etc.)