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6/27/09 Dr. Cavanaugh posts the following to Google groups:

Subject: New US Dept of Ed report on online and blended learning! It’s from US Dept of Ed and focuses on K-12 results, but 41 of the 46 studies reviewed were in higher ed. See http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html#edtech

Woo hoo!

Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies (2009). A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified more than a thousand empirical studies of online learning. Analysts screened these studies to find those that (a) contrasted an online to a face-to-face condition, (b) measured student learning outcomes, (c) used a rigorous research design, and (d) provided adequate information to calculate an effect size. As a result of this screening, 51 independent effects were identified that could be subjected to meta-analysis. Key findings include:

better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face instruction. Learning outcomes for students who engaged in online learning exceeded those of students receiving face-to-face instruction, with an average effect size of +0.24 favoring online conditions. The mean difference between online and face-to-face conditions across the 51 contrasts is statistically significant at the p < .01 level. larger advantage relative to purely face-to-face instruction than did purely online instruction. The mean effect size in studies comparing blended with face-to-face instruction was +0.35, p < .001. This effect size is larger than that for studies comparing purely online and purely face-to-face conditions, which had an average effect size of +0.14, p < .05. learning for K–12 students have been published. The systematic search of the research literature found just five experimental or controlled quasi-experimental studies comparing the learning effects of online versus face-to-face instruction for K-12 students. As such, caution is required in generalizing to the K-12 population because the results are for the most part based on studies in other settings (e.g., medical training, higher education).
 * Students who took all or part of their class online performed
 * Instruction combining online and face-to-face elements had a
 * Few rigorous research studies of the effectiveness of online

6/28/09 Wendy
 * Here is a core resource: []
 * This blendedlearning.wikispaces.com wiki has some online learning tools links, but it's purpose is quite different from ours: rss url="http://blendedlearning.wikispaces.com/" link="true" number="10" - Wendy
 * American Journal of Distance Education RSS Feed [|http://www.informaworld.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/smpp/title~content=t775648087~db=all>]
 * JOLT Journal of Online Teaching and Learning []
 * JOLT Journal of Online Teaching and Learning []

Let's start to compile **MEASUREMENT TOOLS** here:
 * To measure || Tool ||
 * personality (sensing or intution) || Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) ||

6/24/09 Jessica's Ideas We have talked about really doing things with our group. Here is a space to organize our ideas and give feedback and criticisms. Some ideas are interesting but will take a lot of time.

Hybrid Learning Paper One of the things mentioned was writing a paper as a group on our shared topic. Perhaps we can do a meta-analysis of all of the research done on hybrid learning. I looked up meta-analysis to make sure I am using my vocabulary correctly here is a definition [] and a mini-course [|http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec1171/index.htm] on how to conduct one. (JS)

// I think this is a great idea, and maybe we could target one of the Distance Ed summer 2010 seminars. Here are the 3 Dr. Cavanaugh suggested, with dates and locations for THIS year (2010 dates not yet posted): //

// Virtual School Symposium, // [|//http://www.virtualschoolsymposium.org/ Nov 15-16 Austin, TX//]

// Distance Teaching and Learning, // [|//http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/ Aug 4-6 Madison, WI//]

// Sloan Consortium International Conference on Distance Education, // [|//http://www.sloan-c.org/conference/index.asp October 28-30 Orlando (WA)//]

Action Research/Paper on our Process I think what we are doing is exciting. I also think that if we document the process of the development of our collaborative group to get through the doctoral program it would be of value for a number of audiences. People interested in online learning or hybrid learning, either as students, researchers, instructors or program developers. People who study the process to get a doctoral degree. I spoke to Cathy about how we could gather evidence for this process and it could be as little as taking notes from a quarterly meeting. I think that we do not need to much to document the process and then we have the option of writing/presenting action research on this topic. I would like to keep this open as a possibility.(JS)

Grants If we are working so hard and so close together then we could get a grant to pay for books, travel, conferences etc. I will make a new pages about grant possibilities that we can share. (JS)