Despite their advantages, blended approaches have been met with mixed results by learners. There is a general view that learners who are known as Digital Natives or Millennials, are technologically savvy. Research, however, suggests rather that they possess poor levels of digital literacy and have demonstrated some degree of avoidance towards e-learning tools (Boyd, 2014; Chigeza and Halbert, 2...

Background: Blended learning includes an integration of face to face classroom learning with technology enhanced online material. It provides the convenience, speed and cost effectiveness of e-learning with the personal touch of traditional learning. Objective: The objective of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of a combination of e-learning module and traditional teaching (Blen...

Design and Development of Blended Learning is a challenging task than it is anticipated when we consider features and facilities in a Learning Management System (LMS). In this paper, we present what those challenges and how we have solved both technical as well as social problems in implementing a blended learning environment for the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC). It is very ...

This paper explores the design of a blended learning environment in a transition from face-to-face and seeks to determine whether learner characteristics and background together with blended learning design elements are significant factors for learning outcomes such as intrinsic motivation, satisfaction, knowledge construction and learning performance in blended learning. It is aimed at examini...

introduction: blended learning, a new approach in educational planning, is defined 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 compa...

BACKGROUND Currently only a few reports exist on how to prepare medical students for skills laboratory training. We investigated how students and tutors perceive a blended learning approach using virtual patients (VPs) as preparation for skills training. METHODS Fifth-year medical students (N=617) were invited to voluntarily participate in a paediatric skills laboratory with four specially de...

Blended learning model combines different advantages of face to face education and elearning to ensure an effective learning environment for students. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of traditional and blended instruction, in students ́ knowledge in a Physical Education in Early Childhood course. For the purpose of this study a knowledge test was created and item analysis...

The CABLE project developed a local process based on the Change Academy model in order to bring about significant curricular and structural change at the University of Hertfordshire, specifically to embed blended learning within the Academic Schools. Teams from six academic schools were selected to take part in the Change Academy for Blended Learning Enhancement (CABLE) scheme in 2006. The aim ...