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Old Concerns With New Distance Education Research
Overview Distance educators who have gone through the process of designing, developing, and implementing distance instruction soon realize that the investment is great and the results of their efforts possibly tenuous. Ultimately, the question arises, "Does it work?" Unfortunately, to answer the question, many educators use a strategy of comparing distance courses with traditional campus-based courses in terms of student achievement. This phenomenon, called the media comparison study, has actually been in use since the inception of mediated instruction. This paper looks at research currently being conducted by some stakeholders in the name of valid distance learning research.
| Publisher | EduCause | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | May 2002 | ||
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