Blended learning in which online education is combined with face-to-face education is especially useful for (future) health care professionals who need to keep up-to-date. Blended learning can make learning more efficient, for instance by removing barriers of time and distance. In the past distance-based learning activities have often been associated with traditional delivery-based methods, ind...

This paper presents a short overview of blended learning, showing arguments for and against these concepts. Potential blended learning scenarios are described that vary depending on the degree of instructor involvement, learner self-organisation and on-line moderation or coaching. The paper ends with an example of successful application of a blended learning concept in industry. Definition of B...

In this study, a mobile Blackboard blended learning (BL) environment was implemented to teach the introductory computer course by integrating management system with supplementary video lectures into BL provided through technologies. The purpose of study explore impact on student satisfaction and achievement. quantitative collection method employed quasi-experimental design pretest posttest cont...

Abstract Blended Learning (BL) has been implemented by lecturers in higher educations for promoting effective pedagogical practices. However, intention to use and actual usage of BL education seems be a major setback successful implementation. Therefore, this study developed model examine the factors that influences lecturers’ behavioral based on Unified Theory Acceptance Use Technology Technol...

BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) is a nonprofit organization offering academic tutoring to elementary school children from low-income, urban communities. BELL launched a blended learning training for the tutoring staff working in its summer program in 2008, and won Training Magazine’s Blended Learning and Performance Project of the Year. The e-learning from that blended learning traini...

Introduction: Blended learning, a new approach in educational planning, isdefined as an applying more than one method, strategy, technique or media in education. Todays, due to the development of infrastructure of Internet networks and the access of most of the students, the Internet can be utilized along with traditional and conventional methods of training. The aim of this study was to compar...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate student academic performance and perception towards blended learning and flipped classrooms in comparison to traditional teaching. METHODS This study was conducted during the hematology block on year three students. Five lectures were delivered online only. Asynchronous discussion boards were created where students could interact with colleagues and instructors. A flipp...

Background: One of the main competencies required for enabling Nursing students to provide effective clinical care is spiritual health. The growth and development of nursing students’ spiritual health rely on strengthening their cognitive and metacognitive components. What is more associated with spirituality and spiritual health is students’ metacognition. This study aimed to investigate the e...

The aim of this paper is to identify measurements of learning efficiency and learning effectiveness of blended learning and to analyze drivers of learning effectiveness and learning efficiency in learning environments of corporate education. Therefore a literature review of the AIS Electronic Library is done. With a single term search including “learning efficiency”, “learning effectiveness” an...

A variety of studies using educational data traced from LMS has been conducted to predict students’ performance. However, because of the complexity in its implementation, it is still challenging to predict students’ learning achievement in blended learning environment. As an exploratory study, we selected two types of blended learning classes and compared their prediction models. While the firs...