Achieving Success in Internet-Supported Learning in Higher Education: Case Studies Illuminate Success Factors, Challenges, and Future Directions.
Results from a study of 21 institutions about their e-learning usage and factors important to successful adoption; Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness (A-HEC), 2005. For a follow-up, see the
IsL Self-Audit Study.
Applying Collaborative and e-Learning Tools to
Military Distance Learning: A Research Framework
Reviews research and literature on e-learning tools and constructivism, the role of the instructor, and learner-centered approaches to instruction; U.S. Army Research Institute, 2000.
Barriers to Distance Education
Several articles discussing survey results and case studies
on organizational barriers to distance education and training
(Zane Berge).
Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions: 2000-2001
Reports data on a variety of topics, including the number of institutions offering distance education courses in 2000–2001, enrollments and course offerings, degree and certificate programs, technologies, and other topics; National Center on Education Statistics (NCES), 2003.
Distributed Education: Summaries of a Six-Part Series
Provides an executive summary of each of the monographs commissioned by the American Council on Education (ACE) and EDUCAUSE for the series, Distributed Education: Challenges, Choices, and a New Environment, ACE, 2003.
Educating the Net Generation
Explores the aptitudes, attitudes, and learning styles of Net Gen students as well as the implications for teaching, learning space design, faculty development, and curriculum; Educause, 2005.
Future Directions in e-Learning Research Report 2006
Second annual survey of eLearning Guild members presents data and commentary on e-learning programs, trends, and initiatives in their organizations.
Horizon Report 2008
This annual report describes the continuing work of the MNC Horizon Project to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression; New Media Consortium and Educause Learning Initiative, 2008.
Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: New Models
for Online Learning
Describes results of the CAT/Pew Program on Course Design involving 30 institutions that redesigned their
instructional approaches using technology to achieve cost
savings and quality enhancements, 2003.
Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning
Fifth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education, including data on enrollments, reasons for adoption, barriers to adoption, and prospects for growth; Sloan Consortium, 2007; also see this website for previous annual reports, including Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006 and Growing by Degrees: Online Education in the United States, 2005.
Online Teaching in an Online World
Results of a survey of faculty teaching online
to learn about common obstacles, supports,
experiences, and tools; onesKnowledge.com and CourseShare.com (C.J. Bonk), 2001.
Online Training in an Online World
Focuses on corporate e-learning and other training settings to report survey results on Web-based training
practices, experiences, tools, instructional approaches, obstacles, and support structures; JonesKnowledge.com and CourseShare.com (C.J.Bonk), 2002.
Postsecondary Distance Education: Issues of Student Outcomes, Access, Cost, and Quality Assurance
Reviews research studies and summarizes findings; Office of Institutional Research, Northern Virginia Community College, 2002.
Supporting E-Learning in Higher Education Key Findings
Study of student and instructor support requirements for online courses, hybrid courses, and traditional courses that leverage technology; Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR), 2003.
Trends in e-Learning: Tracking the Trends in e-Learning in Higher Education
Third annual survey of e-learning trends and developments in two-year colleges, sponsored by the Instructional Technology Council, 2006 survey results, released April 2007.
A Vision of E-Learning for America's Workforce
Final report of the Commission on Technology and Adult Learning, which focuses on e-learning for adults in the workplace and makes recommendations on how the nation's governors and CEOs can encourage e-learning and maximize its benefits for workers and productivity; 2001.
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 Online Research Centers & Databases
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E-Learning Training & Market Studies
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E-Learning Trends 2008, ASTD Learning Circuits, March 2008.
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LMS Survey Results 2006, ASTD Learning Circuits, August 2006.
- E-Learning Trends 2005, ASTD Learning Circuits, December 2005.
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E-Learning in Nonprofits and Associations, 2005 survey results, Isoph and N-TEN
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Surveying the Future of Workplace
E-learning: The Rise of Blending, Interactivity, and Authentic Learning, E-Learn, June 2005.
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E-Learning Trends 2004, ASTD Learning Circuits, 2004.
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E-Learning Trends 2003, ASTD Learning Circuits, 2003.
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LoD Survey: Quality and Effectiveness of E-Learning, ASTD Learning Circuits, 2003.
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The Seven E-Learning Barriers Facing Employees, Masie Center eLearning Consortium, 2003.
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Recurrent Themes in E-Learning: A Meta-Analysis of 15 Major E-learning Reports, Waight, Willging & Wentling, 2002.
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E-Learning: Going the Distance, Jones International University, 2002.
- Re-Learning e-Learning, Booz Allen Hamilton, 2002.
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E-Learning: If we Build it, Will They Come? Executive Summary, ASTD and the Masie Center, 2001.
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K-12 Research studies
- Innovations in Education: Connecting Students to Advanced Courses Online , US Dept of Education, December 2007.
- Access and Equity in Online Classes and Virtual Schools, NACOL, November 2007.
- Keeping Pace with k–12 Online Learning: A Review of State-Level Policy and Practice, NACOL, November 2007.
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Learning in the 21st Century: A National Report of OnLine Learning, Project Tomorrow and Blackboard, October 2007.
- Laboratories of Reform: Virtual High Schools and Innovation in Public Education, Education Sector Reports, 2007.
- The NEA Guide to Teaching Online Courses , NEA, 2006.
- Keeping Pace With K–12 Online Learning: A Review of State-Level Policy and Practice , NCREL, 2005.
- A Synthesis of New Research on K–12 Online Learning, NCREL, 2005.
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The Internet at School, Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2005.
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Information and Communications Technologies in Schools: A Handbook for Teachers or How ICT Can Create New,
Open Learning Environments, UNESCO, 2005.
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Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2002-03, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), report #2005010, 2005.
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The Effects of Distance Education on K–12 Student Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis, Learning Point Associates/NCREL, 2004.
- A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Teaching and Learning with Technology on Student Outcomes, Learning Point Associates/NCREL, 2003.
- 21st Century Skills for 21st Century Learners: Literacy in the Digital Age , Learning Point Associates/NCREL,2003.
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Virtual Schools and E-Learning in K-12 Environments:
Emerging Policy and Practice, Learning Point Associates/NCREL, 2002.
- Learning Without Walls: Virtual Schools and the Online
Learning Revolution, American School Board Journal Special Report, 2002.
- California Virtual School Report: A National Survey
of Virtual Education Practice and Policy with
Recommendations for the State of California, Univ. of California College Preparatory Initiative, 2002.
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School Technology and Readiness Report: Key
Building Blocks for Student Achievement in the 21st Century, CEO Forum, 2001.
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Virtual schools: Trends and issues.
A study of virtual schools in the United States, WestEd Distance Learning Resource Network, 2001.
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Any time, any place, any path, any pace: Taking the lead
on e-learning policy, National Association of State Boards of Education, 2001.
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