Online learning boosts student performance

From Don Tapscott’s Grown Up Digital blog:
Online learning boosts student performance
“The U.S. Department of Education has just released a report comparing traditional face-to-face classroom instruction to learning supplemented or completely replaced by online learning. The conclusion: “Students who took all or part of their class online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face instruction.””
Read more here.
US Department of Education
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning
A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
93 page PDF
I certainly see this in our epxerience with the blended learning approach developed for SirsiDynix SchoolRooms and implemented in Ohio schools.
Stephen