{"id":1732,"date":"2018-05-04T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2018-05-03T11:53:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:53:42","slug":"new-database-provides-access-comparative-research-online-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/2018\/05\/04\/new-database-provides-access-comparative-research-online-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"New database provides access to comparative research on online learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mary Ellen Dello Stritto, Assistant Director, Ecampus Research Unit<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">Online Learning Efficacy Research Database<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1733\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"Person looking at the research database on a computer screen\" width=\"319\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1504\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1504\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the prevalence of online and hybrid or blended courses in higher education, there is still skepticism among faculty and administrators about the effectiveness of online learning compared to traditional classroom learning. While some individuals may have a basic awareness of the published research on online learning, some want to know about the research findings in their own home discipline. The <a href=\"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\">Ecampus Research Unit<\/a> has developed the <a href=\"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research-database\">Online Learning Efficacy Research Database<\/a>, a tool to help address these needs and concerns. This searchable database contains research published in academic journals from the past 20 years that compare student outcomes in online, hybrid\/blended, and face-to-face courses.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">Using the Database<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1734 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Research Database \" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1504\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1504\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The database currently includes <strong>206<\/strong> research citations across <strong>73<\/strong> discrete disciplines from <strong>153<\/strong> different journals. The database allows users to find discipline-specific research that compares two or more modalities (e.g. online versus hybrid). Users can search the database by keyword, discipline, modality, sample size, education level, date range, and journal name. The database also includes the ability to filter results by discipline, modality, sample size, and peer review status.<\/p>\n<p>This new database improves upon other older searchable databases by adding the capability to search by specific disciplines. On a monthly basis, the database is updated with the latest published research. To learn more about scope of the database, sign up for monthly database updates, or to suggest a publication for inclusion in the database, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/projects\/online-learning-efficacy-research\/faq\/\">FAQ page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The database is also a valuable tool for those who are interested in or are currently engaging in research on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. It will provide users with an efficient way to find gaps in discipline specific literature and pursue research to fill those gaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Ellen Dello Stritto, Assistant Director, Ecampus Research Unit Online Learning Efficacy Research Database Despite the prevalence of online and hybrid or blended courses in higher education, there is still skepticism among faculty and administrators about the effectiveness of online learning compared to traditional classroom learning. While some individuals may have a basic awareness of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/2018\/05\/04\/new-database-provides-access-comparative-research-online-learning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156127],"tags":[1065927,1839,52,833,2619,155,523],"class_list":["post-1732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-resources-tools-trends","tag-database","tag-ecampus","tag-journal","tag-online","tag-online-education","tag-oregon-state-university","tag-research","post_format-post-format-image"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1732"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1739,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732\/revisions\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}