Effectiveness of Blended and Online Programs

National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological

Advancements (DETA)

Tanya JoostenCo-Director and PINational Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancement

Director, eLearning Research and DevelopmentUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

@tjoosten, [email protected]

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How do we ensure all students have access to aquality higher education?

Pathway to

degree

Online

BlendedCBE

Access through distance education

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Ensuring quality?

F2F

Online

Identify practices (instructional and institutional) that impact those outcomes

Conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary, and standardized research

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Desired Outcomes

Access

Learning Effectiveness

Instructional Effectiveness

Satisfaction

http://uwm.edu/deta/desired-outcomes/

Research questions

Research questions

What are the definitions of success from students’ perspective? 33

What are the different design components (content, interactivity, assessments) that impact student learning?

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What patterns of behaviors lead to increased student learning for different populations?

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How can we define and measure student success beyond traditional outcomes?

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What support structures are critical to providing quality access to online instruction?

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What is the currency of student learning beyond the existing credit hours? 22

What are the key components that promote a sustainable and an effective teaching and learning ecosystem?

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POLL

• Rate the following questions – which three (3) research questions do you find most important to increase access and success for students in blended and online learning, including CBE?

• What are the definitions of success from students’ perspective?

• What are the different design components (content, interactivity, assessments) that impact student learning?

• What patterns of behaviors lead to increased student learning for different population?

• How can we define and measure student success beyond traditional outcomes?

• What support structures are critical to providing quality access to online instruction?

• What is the currency of student learning beyond the existing credit hours?

• What are the key components that promote a sustainable and an effective teaching and learning ecosystem?

Framework of inquiry

Framework of inquiry

Research toolkits

Shared measures –Student performance is based on numerical representation of grade converted to a 4.0 scale received in the course on assessments and as an overall grade.

RQs - What are the different design components (content, interactivity, assessments) that impact student learning?

Activity: What is student success?

Go to: http://tinyurl.com/whatisss

Spend 5-10 minutes sharing your response to one of the following…

What is student success for you as an educator or researcher?

What is student success for your institution?

Thank you!!

Tanya Joosten, [email protected] | @tjoosten

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