DE vs CI

Well this was my first Meta-Analysis and I hope it was my last. Not that I do not appreciate the findings of all the long hours and multi faceted requirements that went into this report but it feels as if it is one of those things that makes you go duh. After the hour or 3 it to me to read the report I could not help but say I knew that. The fact the CI wins out over DE is pretty obvious because for centuries now we have learned in a CI fashion. I would have liked to see some more depth spent on the alternative methods that are now being used in tools such as articulate, Connect and Livemeeting. I felt that this study discredited these style of DE because I feel the learner has a choice. Most of these applications of DE have an asynchronous and synch component. They allow the learner to attend the presentation or instruction setting live or if the session is recorded the can review the minutes or a video version. I feel that in order to make this study more effective and fight a stronger case DE would have had a equal if not more effective result over CI.

As for the beginners it is pretty cool it feels like a very short version of the 2 text books that we had for the DE certificate. I almost felt that this should have been first. Wait a second just looked and this is 5650 BTW this should have been first. Oh well glad to have it now. Reminder to self ask the instructor if I can share the reading with coworkers it might help them.