No Significant Difference - Unless you are a Jumper
Much of the e-education literature suggests that there is no significant difference in aggregate student learning outcomes between online and face-to-face instruction. In this study, we develop a model that forecasts the grade that individual students would have most likely earned in the alternate c...
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| description | Much of the e-education literature suggests that there is no significant difference in aggregate student learning outcomes between online and face-to-face instruction. In this study, we develop a model that forecasts the grade that individual students would have most likely earned in the alternate class setting. Students for whom the difference between the actual grade received in one class format (for example, online) and the forecasted grade in the other class setting (for example, face-to-face) is one full letter grade or higher are called “jumpers.” Our findings indicate that jumpers are numerous, suggesting that whereas no significant difference may exist between instruction settings at the aggregate level, at the individual level, the choice between settings matters. These results have important implications for the no significant difference literature and strongly support the need for refined course setting advisement for students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e91dae3a3332457aad099f008e261ff32024-02-03T11:47:41ZengOnline Learning ConsortiumOnline Learning2472-57492472-57302018-03-0122110.24059/olj.v22i1.887No Significant Difference - Unless you are a JumperRichard J Fendler0Craig Ruff1Milind Shrikhande2Georgia State UniversityGeorgia State UniversityGeorgia State UniversityMuch of the e-education literature suggests that there is no significant difference in aggregate student learning outcomes between online and face-to-face instruction. In this study, we develop a model that forecasts the grade that individual students would have most likely earned in the alternate class setting. Students for whom the difference between the actual grade received in one class format (for example, online) and the forecasted grade in the other class setting (for example, face-to-face) is one full letter grade or higher are called “jumpers.” Our findings indicate that jumpers are numerous, suggesting that whereas no significant difference may exist between instruction settings at the aggregate level, at the individual level, the choice between settings matters. These results have important implications for the no significant difference literature and strongly support the need for refined course setting advisement for students.https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/887online learningface-to-face instructionno significant differencelearning outcomes |
| spellingShingle | Richard J Fendler Craig Ruff Milind Shrikhande No Significant Difference - Unless you are a Jumper Online Learning online learning face-to-face instruction no significant difference learning outcomes |
| title | No Significant Difference - Unless you are a Jumper |
| title_full | No Significant Difference - Unless you are a Jumper |
| title_fullStr | No Significant Difference - Unless you are a Jumper |
| title_full_unstemmed | No Significant Difference - Unless you are a Jumper |
| title_short | No Significant Difference - Unless you are a Jumper |
| title_sort | no significant difference unless you are a jumper |
| topic | online learning face-to-face instruction no significant difference learning outcomes |
| url | https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/887 |
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