Egy friss amerikai felmérés szerint, az online oktatás eredményesebb, mint a hagyományos…
A recent report on online education, conducted by SRI International has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” The report examined the comparative research on online versus traditional classroom teaching from 1996 to 2008. Some of it was in K-12 settings, but most of the comparative studies were done in colleges and adult continuing-education programs of various kinds, from medical training to the military. Over the 12-year span, the report found 99 studies in which there were quantitative comparisons of online and classroom performance for the same courses. The analysis for the Department of Education found that, on average, students doing some or all of the course online would rank in the 59th percentile in tested performance, compared with the average classroom student scoring in the 50th percentile. That is a modest but statistically meaningful difference. “The study’s major significance lies in demonstrating that online learning today is not just better than nothing — it actually tends to be better than conventional instruction,” said Barbara Means, the study’s lead author. This hardly means that we’ll be saying good-bye to classrooms. But the report does suggest that online education could be set to expand sharply over the next few years, as evidence mounts of its value. Until fairly recently, online education amounted to little more than electronic versions of the old-line correspondence courses. That has really changed with arrival of Web-based video, instant messaging and collaboration tools. The real promise of online education, experts say, is providing learning experiences that are more tailored to individual students than is possible in classrooms. That enables more “learning by doing,” which many students find more engaging and useful. The biggest near-term growth will be in continuing education programs. Online education will continue to make further inroads in transforming college campuses as well. The technology will be used to create learning communities among students in new ways.
IT3 komment: Kétségtelen tény, hogy a diákközpontú oktatás szórakoztatóbb, mint a hagyományos tanárközpontú. Az viszont annál meglepőbb, hogy a tanulók jobban teljesítenek online, mint az osztálytermekben. Legalábbis egy amerikai felmérés erre az eredményre jutott. Ez persze nem jelenti azt, hogy bezárnak az iskolák, viszont az internetes oktatás egyre inkább ki fogja egészíteni a hagyományost. Ráadásul nem úgy, mint sokan hitték nem is olyan régen: a tananyag változatlan formában internetre kerülése nem jelent különösebb változást vagy előrelépést, a webes videók, azonnali üzenetküldés, közösségi hálózatok és együttműködési lehetőségek viszont igen.
Forrás: bits.blogs.nytimes.com
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