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According to a meta-analysis by the US Department of Education, face-to-face courses are less effective than online and blended learning. They caution against viewing this as simply a matter of the medium though. It's the changes in what online and blended learning allow (like opportunities for collaboration) that are likely making the difference.

Tags: research, education, highered, e-learning, blended on 2009-06-30 -All Annotations (1) -About

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This summary doesn't say how large the sample size was, and the researchers clarify that it's only about teaching new concepts. However, it is interesting to note that animation in PowerPoint slide decreased recall and comprehension.

Tags: powerpoint, learning, animation, multimedia, research on 2009-06-15 and saved by 6 people -All Annotations (5) -About

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Whitepaper on electronic portfolios providing a background on the theory and research. Motivation, engagement, storytelling, and tools are also covered.

Tags: portfolios, assessment, education, k-12, research on 2009-05-29 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Research on how e-portfolios can improve learning. Summary and full research reports available

Tags: education, research, portfolio on 2009-05-29 and saved by 17 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Small study of reflective blogging to build a learning community with teachers. Overall, the results were positive and the teachers felt the experience was beneficial, but there were some technical and other difficulties.

Tags: blog, community, education, research, plc on 2009-05-27 and saved by 4 people -All Annotations (4) -About

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Articles and research on professional learning communities. This all seems to be from the more traditional view of PLCs as within schools or districts; I don't see anything about online communities here.

Tags: plc, education, k-12, research on 2009-05-27 and saved by 3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Research on how to support learning with scenarios that are relevant to the specific situation. Even though this is explicitly about workplace training, the major recommendations could be adapted for instructional design in education contexts too.

Tags: learning, training, research, scenarios, context, diversity, instructionaldesign on 2009-04-16 -All Annotations (2) -About

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Great summary of research points on our perceptions of media with implications for using media effectively for learning. For example, audio quality matters a lot, but video quality can be low and still effective. Large, wide screens are preferred over higher quality images on smaller screens.

Tags: learning, e-learning, research, multimedia, audio, video, images on 2009-03-26 -All Annotations (2) -About

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Summary of research which compared courses with the same content but with specific elements of Gagne's instructional events removed. The strongest correlation with student performance and satisfaction was with practice with feedback.
(This is an old post, but it's moved since I originally bookmarked it.)

Tags: gagne, instructionaldesign, learning, research, spia on 2009-03-19 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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Looking at the resistance to change in education even when research supports certain strategies (like active learning). Educators resist using new teaching methods when they don't feel the research matches up with their personal experience. Education research isn't the same as pure scientific research in a lab where everything can be controlled, but if there is some repeatability in multiple contexts, isn't that educational research onto something?

Tags: education, research, highered, activelearning, change on 2009-03-12 and saved by 4 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Interesting perspective on learning style theories, arguing that they may be useful because they help teachers become more aware of how they're teaching, even if the research support for any given theory is lacking

Tags: learningstyles, education, research on 2009-01-28 and saved by 4 people -All Annotations (4) -About

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Literature review with guidelines for using multimedia effectively for learning. Quick summary of practical tips for educators.

Tags: multimedia, video, animation, powerpoint, education, research, e-learning on 2009-01-19 -All Annotations (0) -About

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JALN article on creating a community of inquiry through online discussions, with positive results for students' perceived learning and satisfaction. Specifically, the authors found that, at least in this context, cognitive and teaching presence were correlated with both learning and satisfaction, but social presence only improved satisfaction. Registration required to download the PDF.

Tags: e-learning, education, inquiry, community, discussion, research on 2009-01-08 -All Annotations (0) -About

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A reading list for instructional designers, especially those of us doing the "informal masters" on our own rather than enrolling. More than just instructional design, this list includes project management, psychology of learning, and other topics.

Tags: instructionaldesign, learning, lifelonglearning, research, newid on 2008-12-22 and saved by 15 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Results from the National Survey of Student Engagement. The full report has limited information about online learning, but does include results showing that students in online courses report more deep learning, intellectual challenge, and reflection than those in face-to-face courses.

Tags: education, e-learning, research on 2008-11-20 and saved by 6 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Results of a study showing deeper learning in online courses than face-to-face ones

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Sloan-C report on online learning in US higher ed. Among the findings:
* 12% growth in the last year
* 20% of students took at least one online course in fall 2007
* Current economic problems (rising unemployment and fuel costs) are predicted to increase demand for online learning

Tags: e-learning, education, highered, research on 2008-11-18 and saved by 4 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Research on educational games from Eduweb

Tags: games, simulations, research, learning, education, interactivity on 2008-09-11 and saved by 6 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Book-length literature review on learning styles research, concluding that the usefulness of learning styles of pedagogy depends greatly on what model you use.

Tags: learningstyles, education, research, pedagogy on 2008-09-01 and saved by 6 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Long PDF (84 pages) on learning styles research and how it can--and should--influence pedagogy. Examines 13 learning style models and finds a lot of variety in relability, validity, and general usefulness of the models.

Tags: learningstyles, education, pedagogy, research on 2008-09-01 and saved by 4 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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