Online Learning Efficacy Research Database

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of blended learning with a flipped classroom design on student academic achievement in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing course.
Design: A quasi-experimental study.
Method: Students were split into an experimental blended learning with a flipped classroom design group and a control group using the traditional, teacher-centred learning method. Data were collected during spring 2018 (13.3 weeks) and student's grades for the registered course and their grade point average (GPA) were recorded.
Results: Findings showed statistically significant increases in student grades in the experimental group. Predictability calculations also showed better achievement of learning outcomes if a blended learning with a flipped classroom design is continued to be used in the future. 
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An estimate of about 26 million individuals across the world are affected by Heart Failure. There is a necessity of using e-learning in Nursing profession, because nurses need access to updated information on diseases, treatments and new skills. The purpose of the study was to find out the effectiveness of Blended learning on Nursing Students' learning outcomes regarding management of cardiac disorders. A True-Experimental study was conducted among 40 nursing students. The results revealed that mean post-test knowledge and skills scores in Blended learning group were not significantly higher than Conventional learning group. Further, mean post-test clinical decision-making scores in Blended learning group were significantly higher than the Conventional learning group. Conclusion: Blended Learning was effective in improving the learning outcomes of Nursing Students in terms of Critical Decision-making. There was a favourable attitude of Nursing Students towards Blended Learning. 
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Pain is a common experience for hospitalized children; however, nursing students are often not adequately trained in pediatric pain management. Innovative teaching strategies, such as e-learning, have been employed for instructing students, however success of these platforms has not been quantitatively measured. This study compared students' knowledge and skill performance following a researcher-designed pain management program administered with three teaching strategies: traditional face-to-face, e-learning, or blended learning. Undergraduate nursing students in Taiwan (N = 296) randomly assigned to one of the teaching strategies participated. Knowledge of pain management, and pain management skills were quantified. A subjective assessment of attitudes towards learning found no significant difference between groups. Knowledge of pediatric pain management did not differ significantly between groups (p = 0.36). A 15-item objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) measured the competency of pain management skills; scores were not significantly different, regardless of teaching strategy (p = 0.70). Traditional face-to-face teaching was as effective as both innovative strategies. Evaluating students’ skills following a pain management program with an OSCE provided a quantitative assessment of competency. Innovative strategies for teaching pediatric pain management could be a cost-effective way to provide flexible learning opportunities for nursing students who are distant from educational institutions. 
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This observational study adds to a small number of college-specific studies comparing student performance in online and face-to-face versions of the same course. It also complements more large-scale college-based studies that compare the delivery formats across courses, disciplines, and institutions. Using descriptive statistics and the chi-square and ANOVA methods, the author examined comparative educational outcomes by measuring student performance and key factors of student performance in the same mandatory professional communications course taught simultaneously in an online and face-to-face format over a 5-semester time frame. The findings are consistent with other comparative studies that have established that in comparison to face-to-face students, online students are generally more academically prepared; more mature; and more commonly full-time employed, fluent in the English language, and female. Similar to other studies, the factors of gender, age, education, and writing proficiency are significant indicators of student achievement; the factors of employment hours, native language, and direct/indirect entry are not, which shows some discrepancy with other studies. In terms of overall student performance, online and face-to-face-component students earned similar grades and had similar completion and retention rates. This finding does not concur with a number of studies that show that online students are significantly less likely to successfully complete courses than their face-to-face counterparts. Course type (mandatory, elective, remedial, regular), advancement in a course of study (lower year, upper year), and delivery mode choice (fully online vs. mix of online and face-to-face) are probed as explanatory variables for differences in findings. 
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Blended learning, a combination of face-to-face and computer-assisted pedagogy, is gaining acceptance at universities as an alternative learning experience. Modern technology has given faculty new ways to incorporate active learning and increase student engagement in their courses. Although the broad history of technology enhanced coursework has demonstrated that student learning is usually very comparable to what occurs in traditional coursework, recent studies focusing specifically on blended learning in totally redesigned classes report positive results. Were those positive results due to the online blending or to the redesign of the class? To answer this question and other limitations and challenges in past studies, the authors present their unique research that measures learning in a blended undergraduate management information systems course where identical classes were compared, one being all face-to-face and one being one-third online. By varying only course modality, this research answers the question of whether blended learning is a superior learning environment in an undergraduate MIS class, a second-level MIS class covering ERP, business processes, databases, advanced spreadsheets, and data analytics. Collecting both quantitative and qualitative data, the authors use a critical realism lens to create a mechanism for learning. Quantitative data, analyzed by multiple regression models and qualitative data, analyzed by content analysis lead to the outcome that learning is comparable to traditional coursework, grade-wise, but students prefer face-to-face class time. It also reveals that self-regulatory skills are evident, confirming that blended learning can aid in the construction of learning. 
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Information and technology has now become the key to academic success of students at various levels of education. Blended Learning strategy is viewed as resourceful and innovative instructional strategy which can elegantly integrate traditional instructional convention method and e-learning method. The purpose of the research work was to study the effectiveness of blended learning instructional strategy on social science achievement of Class-XI students and to observe the difference between the students taught by blended learning strategy and face-to-face traditional instructional strategy. Experimental method was adopted for the present study. The researcher has employed the tools, viz. achievement test in economics and blended learning instructional package for this experimental study. The findings of the study reveal that the blended learning strategy is more effective than the face-to-face traditional instructional method for the academic achievement. The study found that blended learning strategy has improved the academic achievement of students in posttest. 
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This study compares four learning environments: face-to-face learning (F2F), fully e-learning (EL), blended learning (BL), and flipped classroom (FC) with respect to students' learning performance. Moreover, this present research studies changes in perceived flexibility, intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy beliefs of students, and the interaction effects in these student variables on learning performance. Two learning environment design elements: (1) lectures (2) group discussions building on guiding questions, were manipulated to create the four learning environments. Third-year undergraduate students (n = 106), enrolled in the “Animal and Human Physiology” course at CanTho University (Vietnam), were randomly assigned to one of the four learning environments. The results suggest a significant positive differential effect on learning performance when studying in a FC and BL setting. No significant interaction effects could be observed regarding changes in perceived flexibility, intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy. However, significant differences between learning conditions were observed in perceived flexibility. Analysis of focus group data corroborate the finding that students experience more flexibility in time and place when studying in FC, BL and EL environments. In addition, students in a FC environment reflect significantly larger positive changes in their self-efficacy. But, the qualitative data show how positive perceptions about flexibility, motivation and self-efficacy are often cancelled out by negative perceptions. 
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Low-tech active learning (AL) exercises in face-to-face (F2F) undergraduate biomechanics courses improve student learning vs. lecture alone. This study compared learning of biomechanics concepts with AL implemented in two course formats (hybrid: HB vs. F2F). Additional aims were to investigate if student perceptions of learning epistemology and learning factors were related to course format. Students (n = 110) in four introductory biomechanics courses (two F2F, two HB) completed the 24-question Biomechanics Concept Inventory (BCI) at the beginning and the end of the course to determine their learning of biomechanical concepts. An additional eight questions were given with the post-test to determine student perceptions of the AL exercises and their epistemology of learning. Learning in the HB format was equivalent to the F2F course format when both implement AL in these students. Student perceptions of AL were generally positive and learning scores consistent with previous research on AL in biomechanics. There were mixed results of the effect of course format with one significant difference of three ratings of the nature of learning biomechanics and one significant difference of four ratings of AL by students. These results should be replicated and potential interactions with student perceptions and characteristics explored. 
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The laboratory has occupied an important place in the general chemistry curriculum for well over a century, despite the fact that many have voiced concern about its value and utility. In an effort to potentially increase capacity in our general chemistry courses, we developed and implemented a hybrid laboratory curriculum that consisted of alternating face-to-face and virtual laboratory experiments. This study sought to better understand the impact that this hybrid approach had on students’ cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning. The results suggest that students taught using the hybrid approach developed similar cognitive and psychomotor skills in comparison to students taught using a traditional laboratory curriculum; however, their affective outlook toward chemistry was significantly lower 
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Hybrid and online courses are gaining attention as alternatives to traditional face-to-face classes. In addition to the pedagogical flexibility afforded by alternative formats, these courses also appeal to campuses aiming to maximize classroom space. The literature, however, reports conflicting results regarding the effect of hybrid and online courses on student learning. We designed, taught, and assessed a fully online course (100% online) and a hybrid-and-flipped course (50% online 50% face-to-face) and compared those for¬mats with a lecture-based face-to-face course. The three formats also varied in the degree of structure; the hybrid course was the most structured and the face-to-face course was the least structured. All three courses were taught by the same instructor in a large His¬panic-serving research university. We found that exam scores for all students were lowest in the face-to-face course. Hispanic and Black students had higher scores in the hybrid format compared with online and face-to-face, while white students had the highest per¬formance in the online format. We conclude that a hybrid course format with high struc¬ture can improve exam performance for traditionally underrepresented students, closing the achievement gap even while in-person contact hours are reduced. 
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