Evaluating Adult Distributed Training Programs: A Comparison Research Model - Softcover

Barker, Bradley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639190890 ISBN 13: 9783639190892

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Is it possible to compare the effectiveness of a course delivered online at a distance with a traditional face-to-face course? Many studies have tried and failed to find any significant difference between on-line and face-to-face courses due to poor research design and rigor. What is needed is a research model for conducting online and classroom comparison studies to provide consistency in research design, analysis, and reporting. This book provides a research model that includes the basics of describing the delivery (mediated) framework, appropriate research design and data analysis selection, and a blueprint for conducting and reporting the cost-benefit ratio based on a cost-benefit analysis. To provide an example of the model in action it was applied to First Connections, an online infant and toddler care provider-training program. This research model will be useful to education researchers and others in the education and educational technology fields.

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About the Author

Bradley S. Barker, Ph.D is an Assistant Professor and 4-H Science and Technology Specialist with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Lincoln, Nebraska. His current research interest include the use of digital manipulatives, especially educational robotics to teach science and technology in informal learning environments.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639190890
• ISBN 13: 9783639190892
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160