Kim - here is a link to research I am my colleagues have conducted including a recent national study of online learning at the community college level in the US.

http://www.sunyresearch.net/hplo/?page_id=13

There are many journals publishing in this area - see our journal at the Online Learning Consortium for example:

http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/latest-issue/

and of course others are working in this space, e.g IRRODL and Internet and Higher Education.

A basic primer to this can also be found on our research site here:

http://www.sunyresearch.net/hplo/?page_id=421

Hope this helps ...

Excellent - thank you Peter.  I am less familiar with US journals and organizations, so I really appreciate your leads!

Dear Kim,

Have you read this report? I often enjoy case study reports, although I appreciate they aren't to everybody's taste!

Kind regards,

Adam

http://194.81.189.19/ojs/index.php/prhe/article/viewFile/77/104

Dear Adam,

This is great!  I am certainly in to case studies and they can be very illuminating and valuable.  My kind of research!

So thank you, and stay warm over there!

Kim

Dear Kim

         You do not have many options here.Education is a social event and Blended

Teaching and Learning has a lot of  support from reputable educators in America

today.

Respectfully,

Dr. William N. Moore, DBA, MBA

Hi Kim,

While not a report, you might find this toolkit developed in Northern Ireland of some use: http://www.jiscrscni.co.uk/blended/toolkit/1/getStarted.html

You might also find some useful stuff at: http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning/

and here is a recent literature review of blended learning: http://tll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/library/Blended_Learning_Lit_Reveiw.pdf

MOOCs have probably stolen some of the research focus from other types of online and blended learning, but there should be plenty in that area that could be of use too.

Regards,

Ian

Thank you to all who have responded.

William: I agree with you.  I am an Australian who started reserching online & blended learning in Australia quite a few years back. I've been in CA and at UCSB for 7 years but my research has languished somewhat here. I'm kick-starting my research agenda again with some (critical interpretative) document analysis...

Ian: awesome!  I appreciate your leads.  The Lit Review is excellent - though it reports notably mainly STEM and Soc Sci models. Curious.

Best wishes all,

Kim

Dear Kim,

Our last paper in this area may be of interest to you. 

Owen, D. and Philpott, E.(2014) ” Comparing students’ experience of Face to Face and Distance Learning”, ICEL 2014 9th International Conference on E- Learning, Chile

Let me know if this is of interest and I will send you a copy. Abstratct below.

Best regards

Elly

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to compare how the learning experience of Distance Learning (DL) students may be different to those experienced by Fulltime (FT) students. Using post experience surveys as a basis for comparison, the effect of different delivery methods on course delivery, assignment instructions, feedback and group work are evaluated and conclusions drawn. The unit of analysis is FT MBA students based in the UK and MBA students based in Oman who are mainly supported via DL but who also have some face to face teaching by local Omani tutors at four 2-day residential schools. It considers a single unit - Operations Management. This unit was delivered to the two sets of students by the same UK tutor. The authors conclude that while the student experience is different for DL students it can be maintained by the use of appropriate technology especially videoconferencing. They also found that the DL students were more dependent on online delivery methods even though they had some access to face to face delivery methods. Additionally, the more interactive the media used for delivery, the more effective it was perceived by the DL students.

Most of the literature around DL and online learning consider the advantages and disadvantages of the approach or offers guidance on good practice. However, there is limited literature on the differences in the student experience between FT and DL modes of delivery. Therefore this paper is of value to other educators who wish to consider DL and adds to the extant body of knowledge as an empirical case.

Keywords: Distance Learning, Face to Face Learning, MBA, Student Experience, Online, Videoconferencing,

Dear Elly,

Thank you so much!  You are very generous.

My interest in fact is in the teacher (USA: instructor) experience of online/blended T & L.

However, this paper could be very useful for a course I teach on blended T & L and course design.  Are you able to email me a copy? Or have you made it available in RG?

Regards,

Kim

Not got round to posting it on RG yet so will email a copy.  I'm happy it will be useful. We have update dour work this year with feedback from additional cohorts and the updated paper has been submitted for this year's conference. When it's available I will let you know. Elly

Hi Elly,

Please remember me when you do update it!

Have you been to ICEL before?  What is it like? 

Kim

My colleague attended the last conference so I really can't say.

Hi Kim and Anthony, here find the Chile ICEL paper I mentioned. Still working on the new one. Best regards Elly

Great - thank you both! (Anthony and Elly).

Kim

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