A Study on Students' Views about Blended Learning Environment

Autor/inn/en	Akkoyunlu, Buket; Soylu, Meryem Yilmaz
Titel	A Study on Students' Views about Blended Learning Environment
Quelle	(2004), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Educational Environment; Educational Technology; Distance Education; Academic Achievement; Online Courses; Student Attitudes; Conventional Instruction; Information Technology; Interaction; Foreign Countries; Student Participation; College Students; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Unterrichtsmedien; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Schulleistung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Schülerverhalten; Informationstechnologie; Interaktion; Ausland; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Collegestudent; Türkei
Abstract	In the 21st century, information and communication technologies (ICT) have developed rapidly and influenced most of the fields and education as well. Then, ICT have offered a favorable environment for the development and use of various methods and tools. With the developments in technology, blended learning has gained considerable popularity in recent years. Together with the developments it brought along the description of particular forms of teaching with technology. Blended learning is defined simply as a learning environment that combines technology with face-to-face learning. In other words blended learning means using a variety of delivery methods to best meet the course objectives by combining face-to-face teaching in a traditional classroom with teaching online. This article examines students' views on blended learning environment. The study was conducted on 64 students from Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies in 2005-2006 fall semester in Instructional Design and Authoring Languages in PC Environment at Hacettepe University. The results showed that the students enjoyed taking part in the blended learning environment. Students' achievement levels and their frequency of participation to forum affected their views about blended learning environment. Face-to-face interaction in blended learning application had the highest score. This result demonstrated the importance of interaction and communication for the success of on-line learning. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10