Invited Session featuring researchers who have conducted reviews of online learning published in Review of Educational Research. The session includes a conceptual, traditional, and meta-analytic review of this topic.

1. Myths and Misperceptions about Online Learning Jorge Larreamendy-Joerns, Universidad de los Andes, Mary Tallent Runnels, Texas Tech University Julie A. Thomas, Oklahoma State University Robert Bernard, Phil Abrami, Concordia University Facilitator: Peter Shea, University at Albany, State University of New York

7. Online education: Promises and concerns with a past Jorge Larreamendy-Joerns Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

17. Pentimento

18. Thanks

19. Mary Tallent-Runnels and Julie Thomas

32. Meta-Analysis of Distance Education and Online Learning Research: Past, Present and Future Robert M. Bernard Philip C. Abrami Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance Concordia University Montreal, Canada 15 th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning 1

36. What About Online Learning? Results of Meta-Analyses of OL vs. CI

37. What Does an ES + of 0.12-0.15 Mean?

38. What About Online Learning Compared to Asynchronous Distance Education? Note: Asynchronous DE studies are primarily “correspondence, video-based or broadcast” applications

43. Meta-Analysis of Three Interaction Treatments in Distance Education From Bernard, Abrami, Borokhovski, Wade et al. (2009). RER.