David Williams (2008), in his EvalTalk post "Evaluating eLearning"
wrote: "I am preparing an encyclopedia of education entry on
evaluating eLearning. I would appreciate your thoughts on any of the
following points. . . . 5. What evaluations have already been done
on eLearning? 6. How were those evaluations done?. . . . . . ."
In "Can Distance and Classroom Learning Be Increased?" [Hake (2008)],
I discussed points "5" and "6". The abstract reads:
"Professor Scott Overmyer of Baker College, in a discussion list
post, raised four points bearing on a question of interest to those
involved in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): 'Can
Distance and Classroom Learning Be Increased?' My answer: 'YES' -
judging from the fact that pre/post testing in courses in Newtonian
mechanics has
demonstrated an approximately two-standard-deviation superiority in
average normalized gains <g> for classroom "interactive engagement"
methods over "traditional" classroom methods. Similarly, pre/post
testing *might* demonstrate a substantive superiority over
traditional classroom teaching for *both* classroom and distance
education that recognize recent advances in cognitive science and
emphasize learning rather than teaching. But such demonstration
probably cannot be achieved if scholars of teaching and learning
continue to rely on low-resolution gauges of students' learning."
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/>
REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>.]
Hake, R.R. 2008. "Can Distance and Classroom Learning Be Increased?"
IJ-SoTL 2(1): January; online at <http://tinyurl.com/2t5sro>. The
International Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
(IJ-SoTL) <http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/> is an open, peer
reviewed, international electronic journal containing articles,
essays, and discussions about the scholarship of teaching and
learning (SoTL) and its applications in higher/tertiary education
today.
Williams, D. 2008. "Evaluating eLearning," EvalTalk post of 9 Sep
2008 06:47:25-0600' online at <http://tinyurl.com/6aj9mv>. See also
Williams et al. (2006).
Williams, D., M. Hricko, S.L. Howell. 2006. "Online Assessment,
Measurement and Evaluation: Emerging Practices." Information Science
Publishing, publisher's information at
<http://www.igi-global.com/ebooks/details.asp?id=5707>.
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