The Social Media Revolution

Some of the “facts” here turn out to be misinterpretations.

For instance, if you read the abstract on the difference in outcomes between face to face vs. online learning, it turns out that kids do better with a BLENDED experience (ie, both face to face learning AND online learning conditions used together) and that such an experience includes extra time and lessons over just face to face learning.

The conclusion to draw is, arguably, that online learning can help boost outcomes when integrated into more traditional learning methods… NOT that online learning conditions are superior to face to face learning.

But here’s the abstract, verbatim:

The difference between student outcomes for online and face-to-face classes—measured as the difference between treatment and control means, divided by the pooled standard deviation—was larger in those studies contrasting conditions that blended elements of online and face-to-face instruction with conditions taught entirely face-to-face. Analysts noted that these blended conditions often included additional learning time and instructional elements not received by students in control conditions. This finding suggests that the positive effects associated with blended learning should not be attributed to the media, per se. An unexpected finding was the small number of rigorous published studies contrasting online and face-to-face learning conditions for K–12 students. In light of this small corpus, caution is required in generalizing to the K–12 population because the results are derived for the most part from studies in other settings (e.g., medical training, higher education).

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It also turns out that 80% of all companies do not use linked in as the primary source for finding employees. PRIMARY is misleading. It is A source.

I think if you went through the “facts” carefully you will find many more distortions.

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Margaret

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