Distance and Persistence
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The Research Question
The broad research question is: under what conditions, with what kinds of students, and to what extent does the addition of distance education (including supported distance learning) program options improve student persistence?
Distance Learning Glossary
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Research
For a review of research in this area, visit the ResearchOnTech page. A lot of the research cited pertains to distance learning in adult education.
There is beginning to be research on distance learning for Adult Literacy Education, and on technology in the classroom, which includes using websites, video, and other tools of distance learning, but I haven't seen a focus on the relationship between distance learning and persistence in a particular adult education program.
Can you contribute resources/ideas/considerations/experience? Please add to this page.
Discussion
Go to DistanceAndPersistenceDiscussion to see what people have been posting on this topic.
Links
- Project IDEAL
- Project Ideal is doing research on distance learning in adult education, based on the implementation of distance learning in 17 states. http://www.projectideal.org Their research topics include implementation, accountability, learner characteristics, teaching, and teacher professional development.
- California Distance Learning Project
- The California Distance Learning Project has been working on these questions for a number of years as well. Their website, http://www.cdlponline.org, is primarily for learners, but there is a section for adult educators as well.
- The Pennsylvania Distance Learning Project Website
- Tech21 http://tech21.org/
- Tech21 was a three-year, national technology lab research and demonstration project which ended in March, 2005. Some of the research was on distance learning, for example:
- Adult Literacy Learning and the Internet: An Exploratory Conversation by Lynda Ginsburg and Jennifer Creger, NCAL (2003). http://www.literacy.org/products/t21_ALL_NET_jcs26.pdf
- English for All: Comparing Four Models of Delivery (Working Paper) by Paul Porter, OTAN consultant (2003). http://www.literacy.org/products/T21SanJuanFinal_jcs6.pdf
- The Massachusetts ABE Distance Learning Project
- The MA ABE Distance Learning Project has been serving adults with supported/blended learning since 1999. The project website has resources for both learners and practitioners.
- http://www.anywhereanytimeabe.org
If you have other adult education distance learning websites that should be listed here, please add them.
