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The Effectiveness of Online Learning: A Review of the Literature
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, Research Center for Educational Technology, Kent State University, United States

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-48-8 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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This paper reviews the literature on the learning effectiveness of asynchronous online environments. It attempts to look beyond the commonly accepted findings of no significant differences in learning outcomes between online and traditional courses to examine that literature in terms of forms of interactivity, exploring learner interactions with course content, instructors, and classmates in online course environments. More recent notions of interactions with computer and course interfaces and virtual interaction are also briefly examined. It concludes with a summary of what the research tells us and its implications for course development and facilitation.

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Swan, K. (2003). The Effectiveness of Online Learning: A Review of the Literature. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2003--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 2225-2232). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 11, 2024 from .

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