Meta-Analysis: The preferred method of choice for the assessment of distance learning quality factors

Current comparative research literature, although abundant in scope, is inconclusive in its findings, as to the quality and effectiveness of distance education versus face-to-face methods of delivery. Educational research produces contradictory results due to differences among studies in treatments,...

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Autor principal:	Mickey Shachar
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2008
Materias:	Distance Learning Meta-Analysis Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e77e5e0d29054474ab771be248e56ff72021-12-02T19:20:44ZMeta-Analysis: The preferred method of choice for the assessment of distance learning quality factors10.19173/irrodl.v9i3.4931492-3831https://doaj.org/article/e77e5e0d29054474ab771be248e56ff72008-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/493https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Current comparative research literature, although abundant in scope, is inconclusive in its findings, as to the quality and effectiveness of distance education versus face-to-face methods of delivery. Educational research produces contradictory results due to differences among studies in treatments, settings, measurement instruments, and research methods. The purpose of this paper is to advocate the use of a meta-analytic approach by researchers, in which they synthesize the singular results of these comparative studies, by introducing the reader to the concept, procedures, and issues underlying this method. This meta-analytic approach may be the best method appropriate for our ever-expanding and globalizing educational systems – in general, crossing over geographical boundaries with their multiple languages, and educational systems in particular. Furthermore, researchers are called to contribute to a common database of distance learning factors and variables, from which future researchers can share, glean, and extract data for their respective studies.Mickey ShacharAthabasca University PressarticleDistance LearningMeta-AnalysisSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2008)
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description	Current comparative research literature, although abundant in scope, is inconclusive in its findings, as to the quality and effectiveness of distance education versus face-to-face methods of delivery. Educational research produces contradictory results due to differences among studies in treatments, settings, measurement instruments, and research methods. The purpose of this paper is to advocate the use of a meta-analytic approach by researchers, in which they synthesize the singular results of these comparative studies, by introducing the reader to the concept, procedures, and issues underlying this method. This meta-analytic approach may be the best method appropriate for our ever-expanding and globalizing educational systems – in general, crossing over geographical boundaries with their multiple languages, and educational systems in particular. Furthermore, researchers are called to contribute to a common database of distance learning factors and variables, from which future researchers can share, glean, and extract data for their respective studies.
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title	Meta-Analysis: The preferred method of choice for the assessment of distance learning quality factors
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Meta-Analysis: The preferred method of choice for the assessment of distance learning quality factors

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