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  Jo Cook July 13, 2018 at 12:06pm

  Liz, brilliant question and one that will help us all. 

  Here's some stuff:

  • Blended learning and why it works - https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/05/23/6-reasons-blended-learning-works.aspx?m=1
    
    
  • A long, and old, one about evidence-based practice in online learning - https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/fin...
    
    
  • This isn't the full article, but references the "virtual generation" research - https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amle.2007.24401703
    
    
  • An blog from Cindy Huggett about some research she's done - https://www.cindyhuggett.com/blog/sovt/
    
    
  • Infographic from above - https://www.cindyhuggett.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-State-...
    
    Highlights:
     - 87% use virtual to reach dispersed workforce
     - 81% use it to save on travel costs
    
    
  • More about webinars and marketing, but might be useful for influence and change - https://www.readytalk.com/resources/webinar-marketing/infographics/...
    
    
  • From How to Promote the Value of Online Training Within Your Organization - http://www.ipscmi.org/download/GoToMeeting_TrainingIndustry_OnlineT...
    
    “Our studies have shown that participants in e-learning programs are less likely to follow through than in an instructor-led program,” notes Jack Phillips, Ph.D., chairman of the ROI Institute and a renowned expert on accountability and evaluation. “In an instructor-led process there is often a commitment made between the participant and the instructor that might increase the likelihood of participants applying what was learned,” he says.
    
    

  • Towards Maturity report - In-Focus: Preparing for the Future of Learning (2016) - https://towardsmaturity.org/2016/05/09/in-focus-preparing-future-le...

  I'm sure I have more, but that's a good start!

  What thoughts/contributions do we all have?

  

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  Jo Cook August 15, 2018 at 7:14pm

  Hi Liz, was any of that useful or did it miss the mark? I know you've been on holiday, so no worries if you haven't had time. Will add something more as and when I come across it :D
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  Jo Cook August 21, 2018 at 7:19pm

  Hi, just found these:

  http://online.illinois.edu/articles/online-learning/item/2017/06/05...

  https://www.healthcare-management-degree.net/faq/are-student-outcom...

  

  5 Benefits of Studying Online (vs. Face-to-Face Classroom)
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    Liz Brant > Jo Cook August 22, 2018 at 5:15pm

    I thought I'd report back on my progress with researching the question:

    Are the results obtained in classroom training impacted when the same material is delivered in virtual?

    One of my clients was experiencing resistance from the business and wanted to know if I knew of any hard evidence or case studies he could quote, which would encourage his stakeholders to really engage with virtual classrooms.

    So my research threw up there appears to be zero research into the impact of a piece of training delivered face to face and then the same material delivered on line, in a non academic environment. There is plenty of data about the academic world, largely because they adapted to online working a long time before we did in the corporate world.

    However there is still some useful stuff in the links Jo very kindly sourced for me, notably the Routledge report which although based on year long university courses did give me some useful soundbites. 

    I approached Cindy Huggett directly and she gave me a link to some US academic papers which again focused on university courses. 

    What we do in the business world versus the university world is so different and it is difficult to compare.  For example university courses have used videos of lectures as the virtual component, something I would never do - virtual to me is very well designed and facilitated virtual classrooms run on either Adobe Connect or Webex.

    In the end all I could say to my client was you are the ones to generate this research data!  In the meantime, I suggested they manage expectations and use a marketing approach through giving a series of short taster sessions for line managers prior to the virtual classroom sessions for their staff.  This is what I have done for the last three years and with great success.  This alone gives virtual the edge as such sessions are easy to attend, take minutes and the technology really wows the managers.  On that level alone they are very interested.

    So, what conclusions did I extract from the research?  Well there appears to be no measurable difference in learning outcome between face to face and virtually run courses.  However, when those virtually run courses are part of a blend, there is a difference and virtually run courses deliver better leaning outcomes. This is not surprising at all.

    I attach two slides which I eventually put together showing what the academic data was saying generally and a second slide talking about some of the great features of virtual classrooms which give them the advantage over face to face.

     

    
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      Jo Cook > Liz Brant August 28, 2018 at 11:06am

      Thank you SO much for sharing Liz! Really pleased that you came back to us on that. 

      It's a pity there isn't more research from a corporate point of view and with the way that we facilitate live sessions, but I guess it's not where the academic interest is at the moment. 

      Hopefully work like yours and that other people do can generate some data and make some changes!