The recent meta analysis published in the United States which many e based promoters have alighted upon with alacrity, including; Clive Shepherd; http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/2009/10/evaluation-of-evidence-based-practices.html#links and Donald Clark; https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21077063&postID=5447007466528519217 The report is promoted as evidence of how e based learning is the saviour of the true learner whilst class room based learning is the chronic sick boy of the learning pack unless used in a blended setting. However, I looked in some detail at the content rather that just the attention grabbing headlines and I duly downloaded the cited report from here: http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf When I started to read the report and how this analysis was put together and the studies upon which this report has been based the conclusions some of the e based promoters have chosen to select start to lose some of their gravitas. So in response I began to write up some of my concerns and wondered if anyone else had done the same, I discovered they had and probably the best analysis of this report can be seen here: http://www.brainfriendlytrainer.com/reflect/busting-the-myth-that-e-learning-is-more-effective-than-face-to-face