Practical Guidance 1 Practical Guidance for Virtual Endeavors: The Evaluation of Innovative Online Instruction at a Research University Thomas R. Lang Melinda R. Hess Jeffrey D. Kromrey Shauna Schullo Kristine Y. Hogarty Ann E. Barron Lou Carey Melissa Venable Ha Phan Heather Scott Amy Hilbelink Gianna Rendina-Gobioff University of South Florida Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 11-15, 2005.