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Date: March 17, 2005
Research-Supported Best Practices for Online Learning
By Chip Donohue
In the Summer 2003 issue of the Journal of Interactive Online Learning,
a publication of the National Center for Online Learning Research (www.ncolr.org/jiol/index3.html),
Dennis and Cynthia Sunal, Michael Odell, and Cheryl Sundberg published an analysis
of the research studies on best practices in asynchronous and synchronous online
teaching and learning in higher education.
The research studies that met the authors' research design criteria suggested
that online learning is viable and identified promising practices in four categories:
1. Student behaviors
2. Faculty-student interactions
3. Technology support
4. Learning environment.
The complete article is available online at www.ncolr.org/jiol/archives/2003/summer/1/index.asp.
Sunal, D. W., Sunal, C. S., Odell, M. R., & Sundberg, C. A. (2003, Summer).
Research-supported best practices for developing online learning. Journal
of Interactive Online Learning, 2(1).
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