Research and Scholarship

Effectiveness on Distance Learning

Difference Debate

A Review of Contemporary Research on the Effectiveness of Distance Learning in Higher Education Published in April 1999 by The Institute for Higher Education Policy

• A full copy of the, "What's the Difference?" report is available in PDF format.
• An attack on the report from the technology industry published in Horizon, which is sponsored by Microsoft, Compaq, CBT, SCT, and others.
• A more favorable review in NetFuture
• A news report in The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Coverage from the Philadelphia Inquirer
• The "No Significant Difference Phenomenon"

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