Below is a list of a few sites that contain statistics, articles and research papers.
The No Significant Difference Phenomenon http://nova.teleeducation.nb.ca/nosignif...
This site provides selected entries from the book "The No Significant Difference Phenomenon" as reported in 355 research reports, summaries and papers. It contains a comprehensive research bibliography on technology for distance education.
You can search the database for journal articles, conference papers and master's theses by year, article, author, conference, journal or institution. I searched for "online learning" in the year 2000 and the system returned 1 match in 24 records.
Here is the record I found:
Carnevale, C. What Matters in Judging Distance Teaching? Not How Much It's Like a Classroom Course
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 21
An interview with Barbara B. Lockee, Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology, Virginia Tech
Findings: "The delivery mode we know for a fact does not impact the learning. It's the design of the instruction that impacts the learning, and also what the students bring to the instructional situation. Instead of comparing, say, our online multimedia-authoring course to the face-to-face course, we would look to see that our distance learners are achieving our intended outcomes no matter how they're getting it."
Holdings for this year and last year are limited now, but most likely will grow over time.
Tools of the Trade: Research on Professional Development and Customer Service http://www.ttrc.doleta.gov/tott/research...
America's Learning Exchange (ALX) sponsors Tools of the Trade (TotT) as one of several "specialty databases" designed to provide information about education and training opportunities to workforce development professionals. (That's you and me.) ALX focuses on seminars, courses and programs, while TotT also includes other learning resources such as books, videos and selected sample materials.
You can access the research database for abstracts, articles and reports related to workforce development. I searched the database for entries on distance learning in the year 2000. I received a list of 11 articles sorted by title and year. When I clicked on the title, I found the author, source and summary. But that's it. It's up to you to obtain the full-text article. Whenever I need an article, I retrieve it through Northern Light, http://www.northernlight.com. You can use other document delivery services or your public, college or company library.
ASTD Quick Facts http://www.astd.org/virtual_community/li...
Tucked away on ASTD's website is the Training Industry FAQ. It provides answers to such questions as:
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