An Investigation into Barriers Impacting against Faculty Blended Learning Adoption

Autor/in	Antwi-Boampong, Ahmed
Titel	An Investigation into Barriers Impacting against Faculty Blended Learning Adoption
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 22 (2021) 3, Artikel 16 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Antwi-Boampong, Ahmed)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Blended Learning; Barriers; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Adoption (Ideas); Knowledge Level; Technological Literacy; Program Implementation; Internet; Integrated Learning Systems; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Wissensbasis; Technisches Wissen
Abstract	Blended Learning has not attained campus-wide integration and adoption as the preferred teaching delivery mode by faculty members a few years after the management of a public university in Ghana decided to move from face to face delivery to the blended mode. This study investigates the barriers impacting faculty Blended Learning in Ghana. The study uses an exploratory qualitative approach to investigate the barriers to faculty non-adoption of blended learning. It also investigates their perceptions and experiences. A total of 22 faculty members from four faculties of the university were purposively selected and interviewed for this study. The data were coded and analyzed using a constant comparative analytical method. Thematic analysis was then applied to generate themes for the findings. The study found four themes that inductively constitute barriers to faculty BL adoption. These are infrastructure, faculty concerns, institutional, technical support barriers. The study provides insights into the lived experiences of faculty members relative to the impediments they face in adopting BL. Thus, administrative managers need to avert their attention to institutional related barriers, faculty related concerns, technical barriers, and infrastructure-related barriers when implementing BL. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01