Means, B., Peters, V., & Zheng, Y. (2014) Lessons from Five Years of Funding Digital Courseware: Postsecondary Success Portfolio Review, Executive Summary. Menlo Park, CA: SRI Education.
Abstract
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Postsecondary Success initiative seeks to understand what is required for technology applications to produce positive student impacts at scale. SRI analyzed the features of 137 different courses from 12 major postsecondary courseware-related projects and performed a quantitative meta-analysis of student outcomes to estimate the impact of digital courseware on student learning. Follow-up analyses examined the design features, conditions, and practices associated with differences in student outcomes. A conceptual framework relating evaluation approaches to stages of learning technology investment is provided. (See also: Full Report)