This study investigates middle school and high school students’ online information uses and social constructivist engagement during a blended e-learning program of game design for computer science education. Students use a learning management system (LMS) pre-populated with curriculum and resources, participating in an in-school class, daily for credit and a grade for a year, with non-expert te...

The University of Muenster is working on an ongoing project involving the development of an elearning system called „eXtreme e-Learning eXperience“ (XLX), which is mainly used in support of the exercise portions of technically oriented university courses (e.g., database systems, database implementation, computer networks, workflow management). XLX is part of our “blended learning strategy” that...

The paper contains a description of a research conducted in collaboration with some Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs program Romanian students, concerning the use and implementation of ICT (Information and Telecommunication Technology), especially in distance managing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The paper is a response to the nature of contemporary business management, with the constant...

In physiological education, blended course formats (integration of face-to-face and online instruction) can facilitate increased student learning, performance, and satisfaction in classroom settings. There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of using blending course formats in laboratory settings. We evaluated the impact of blended learning on student performance and perceptions in an unde...

In this paper, we illustrate our methodology for academic teaching, based on cooperative learning paradigm, which also relies on cutting edge elearning techniques. We use Web 2.0 resources to fulfill requirements for an interactive-constructivistic “learning space”, where blended-teaching paradigm may be proficiently applied. We extend an existing Free/Open Source Software Learning Management S...

With online and blended learning now commonplace, it is surprising that the research regarding the accessibility of virtual learning environments and other collaborative learning management systems is relatively sparse. This paper provides an initial empirical investigation into the accessibility problems that are present in 3 different virtual learning environments. This investigation demonstr...

The paper is devoted to the main aspects of using MOOCs as a part of university curriculum. HSE University has the expertise of implementation of blended learning using our own 53 MOOCs on Coursera and 27 MOOCs on Russian National Open Education Platform and courses of other universities. The emphasis will be on institutional decisions, organizational schemes and management solutions that allow...

BACKGROUND While emergency airway management training is conventionally conducted via face-to-face learning (F2FL) workshops, there are inherent cost, time, place and manpower limitations in running such workshops. Blended learning (BL) refers to the systematic integration of online and face-to-face learning aimed to facilitate complex thinking skills and flexible participation at a reduced fin...

the present study was performed to analyze some of the preventive vs. promoter factors of applying blended learning system in agricultural higher education as viewed from the perspective of khuzestan province's faculties of agriculture and natural resources' faculty members. statistical population of the study consisted of the members of agriculture and natural resources state college...

In this paper, we illustrate our methodology for academic teaching, based on cooperative learning paradigm, which also relies on cutting edge elearning techniques. We use Web 2.0 resources to fulfill requirements for an interactive-constructivistic “learning space”, where blended-teaching paradigm may be proficiently applied. We extend an existing Free/Open Source Software Learning Management S...