Blended Learning in Distance Education: Sri Lankan Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Liyanagunawardena, T. R.; Adams, A. A.; Rassool, N.; Williams, S. A.
Titel	Blended Learning in Distance Education: Sri Lankan Perspective
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 10 (2014) 1, S.55-69 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-0556
Schlagwörter	Blended Learning; Distance Education; Questionnaires; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Ownership; Computer Literacy; Foreign Countries; Costs; Case Studies; Ethnography; Educational Policy; Access to Computers; Barriers; Online Courses; Technical Assistance; Universities; Educational Change; Student Attitudes; Native Language; English (Second Language); Language of Instruction; Second Language Learning; Dravidian Languages; Indo European Languages; Sri Lanka + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Fragebogen; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Eigentum; Computerkenntnisse; Ausland; Cost; Kosten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ethnografie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Online course; Online-Kurs; Technische Hilfe; University; Universität; Bildungsreform; Schülerverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Indoeuropäisch; Ceylon
Abstract	The purpose of this paper is to explore the implementation of online learning in distance educational delivery at Yellow Fields University (pseudonymous) in Sri Lanka. The implementation of online distance education at the University included the use of blended learning. The policy initiative to introduce online for distance education in Sri Lanka was guided by the expectation of cost reduction and the implementation was financed under the Distance Education Modernization Project. The paper presents one case study of a larger multiple case study research that employed an ethnographic research approach in investigating the impact of ICT on distance education in Sri Lanka. Documents, questionnaires and qualitative interviews were used for data collection. There was a significant positive relationship between ownership of computers and students' ability to use computer for word processing, emailing and Web searching. The lack of access to computers and the Internet, the lack of infrastructure, low levels of computer literacy, the lack of local language content, and the lack of formal student support services at the University were found to be major barriers to implementing compulsory online activities at the University. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01