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Internet-Based Learning Effective
(September 10, 2008) - Learning from appropriate Internet based programs can be just as effective as traditional methods, such as lectures and other classroom instruction.
Researchers looked at 201 previous studies and conducted what is called a meta-analyses. The goal was to summarize the effect of Internet-based instruction for health professions learners compared with no instruction and non-Internet instruction.
The end result is that learning from the Internet can be pretty effective. "The synthesized evidence demonstrates that Internet-based instruction is associated with favorable outcomes across a wide variety of learners, learning contexts, clinical topics, and learning outcomes. Internet-based instruction appears to have a large effect compared with no intervention and appears to have an effectiveness similar to traditional methods," the authors write. "Future research should directly compare different Internet-based interventions."
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