scholarly journals Inservice School Teachers Perception of Adopting Online-Offline Mode of Learning During Current Crisis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiya Saboowala ◽  
Khan Saira Bano Mohd Ilyas ◽  
Rehana Khanam Yunus Ahmed Talukdar
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Online Pedagogy ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Learning Concept

Abstract The reverberation of the pandemic has been noticed throughout the globe and all the provinces of the society have been affected including the educational sector. The educational institutes have drastically shifted from traditional offline pedagogy of teaching-learning to online learning process. Researchers have a strong belief that the revolution of usage of computers and internet in the field of education has popped up the Blended Learning concept which totally relies on both traditional and technology to provide the education content to the learners in a good and virtual method effectively. Educationalists, researchers and policy makers believe that the offline-online pedagogy could be used as an effective methodology to cater the needs of the learners as well as the teachers during the crisis. The present action research study lays emphasis on the attitude of In-Service School Teachers towards adopting the online-offline approach during the current crisis. The findings reflected that there is no significant difference in the perception of Primary and Secondary In-Service School Teachers in adopting the Blended Learning proactive pedagogical technique as both the section teachers are well aware of the importance of online as well as offline pedagogy and are also aware about the blended learning approach being the new normal during the crisis in order to reach out to all the learner audiences and make learning more flexible.

scholarly journals Embracing Blended Learning Approach for Professional Growth of in-service School Teachers Post Pandemic of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiya Saboowala ◽  
Pooja Manghirmalani-Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Professional Development Training ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The impact of the pandemic has been felt through all sectors of the global society including the field of education. The pandemic is a strong indication of the fact that things will not be the same as they were before. Similarly, the educational institutes that were working regularly would also undergo a change in the methodologies that they will adopt post-pandemic. Many research scholars and educationalists believe that a blended learning approach will become a reality as a dominant pedagogy for the teaching-learning process. The current situation demands a proactive strategy where not only students but teachers are also considered as learners while talking about their professional growth through seminars, conferences and refresher courses. The present study lays emphasis on embracing the blended learning approach in professional development training courses for school teachers which will provide an opportunity to inculcate educational programs across disciplines in Indian as well as global communities. The study consists of 169 in-service school teachers from India. Simple random technique of sampling was use to collect data. The attitude of school teachers towards blended learning and its six dimensions viz. learning flexibility, online learning, study management, technology, classroom learning and online interaction was studied. Also, the effect of gender and location of educational institutes where they teach was considered. Analysis for the testing research hypothesis was done using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS-26). The results indicated that both male and female teachers have similar attitudes towards blended learning but their attitudes varied while considering the six dimensions. Also, it was found that school teachers teaching in urban areas had a more positive attitude towards blended learning and its dimensions as compared to those teaching in rural areas. Implementation of blended learning for professional growth of school teachers post pandemic will push the boundaries of learning by creating opportunities for collaboration of various educational societies throughout the globe, enhance constructivist learning and also help in following social norms set to fight against COVID-19.

scholarly journals The Impact of Blended Learning on the Twelfth Grade Students’ English Language Proficiency

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Hussein Al Noursi
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

The blended learning approach utilizes modern technologies and electronic media in teaching to create a technology-based environment. However, it is not an exclusive online environment because the teacher and the students have to be present in a traditional face-to-face classroom. It is widely believed that adopting a blended learning approach will enable learners to have quality educational opportunities and improve their performance. The incentive for conducting the research is to evaluate the effect of the blended learning approach on high school students’ English proficiency. Specifically, the study aimed at answering the question: is there a significant difference in the Twelfth-Grade students’ English language proficiency as measured by IELTS due to the model of delivery (Blended learning model and the traditional delivery model)? To achieve the study’s goal, the researcher applied the experimental method and used IELTS to measure language proficiency. The study sample selected purposively consisted of 63 male twelfth-grade students in one of the private schools in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study sample was assigned to two groups: the experimental group taught using blended learning consisted of 31 students, and the control group led by the traditional method consisted of 32 students. The results showed statistically significant differences at the level of (a<0.01) between the means of the results of the two groups on the post achievement test in favor of the experimental group. These results illustrated the impact of adopting the blended learning approach in an English Foreign Language (EFL) setting on students’ achievement in standardized tests. However, the successful implementation of blended learning largely depends on how responsible and committed students are towards active learning.

scholarly journals Learning Effectivenss of Blended Learning in Higher Education Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
Christiana Sidupa
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Data Collection Technique

The notion of applying ICT to support traditional learning approach (face-to-face learning) is obviously not new todays. This study aimed to seek the significant difference between the mid test and final test scores of students’ English listening and reading skills. Mid test score represents face-to-face learning approach applied from first meeting whereas final test score represents blended learning approach employed after the mid test. The method used in this study was quantitative.  A random selection of samples was carried out involving 133 first year undergraduates in Jakarta pursuing English as a compulsory course.  Data collection technique used mid and final tests of two English skills: listening and reading. This study revealed that there was a significant difference between the mid test and the post test scores.  

scholarly journals The Effect Of Blended Learning Approach On Fifth Grade Students’ Academic Achievement In My Beautiful Language Textbook And The Development Of Their Verbal Creative Thinking In Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-260
Author(s):  
Feras Mohammed Al-Madani
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Significant Difference

This study aims at investigating the effect of Blended Learning approach compared to the traditional learning approach on fifth grade students’ achievement in My Beautiful Language Textbook and the development of their verbal creative thinking. The study consisted of 49 students among which 25 are males in the Experimental Group and 24 females in the Control Group. The study found a statistical significant difference (α ≤ 0.05) between the mean scores of the two study groups in achievement posttest and verbal creative thinking post application test. The experiment group which was taught using the blended approach of learning outperformed the Control Group in both tests. Thus, learning My Beautiful Language Textbook using the blended approach is more effective than the traditional method in terms of achievement and the development of verbal creative thinking skills. In light of this, the study recommends the adoption of blended approach in learning My Beautiful Language Textbook, the curriculum computerization, holding series of training courses, and workshops for teachers in school districts on how to effectively implement the blended approach. 

scholarly journals Blended Learning Approach: A Case Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristine V. Redoblo
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Civil Status

The computer era has come to integrate and assimilate in the academic curriculum and instruction. The Blended Learning adaptation further added to the teaching and learning experience in the classroom. The study investigated the factors on the use of ICT in terms of Computer usage, Internet usage, Multimedia usage and Mobile usage in Blended Learning Approach among the faculty. It analyzed the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) of blended learning for a Proposed 5-year Instructional Design Strategic Plan. The study used quantitative research design by the use of the constructed questionnaire and qualitative through the conducted focus group discussions within the four campuses of CHMSC. The study revealed that CHMSC faculty exhibited low extent of use of blended learning. The result also showed a significant difference in the extent of use of ICT in terms of age, sex, and workplace whereas civil status, subject taught, and educational qualification do not significantly differ. The identified factors that affect blended learning were used as a basis for a Proposed Instructional Design Strategic Plan and projected after five years. The development and package of learning materials will be realized to the clients of the institutions and other stakeholders. Keywords—   ICT, blended learning, SWOT, FGD, Instructional Design Strategic Plan, computer, internet, multimedia, mobile, descriptive design, Philippines

Higher Education in the Post-COVID Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 126-142
Author(s):  
Priyanka Amrut Kokatnur ◽  
Srishti Agarwal ◽  
Aparna Sameer Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
New Form ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

With the changing time, the innovative technologies and communication systems have given a new vision to the education sector. The growing number of young people has brought attention to the higher education system to build a new form of learning. The new perspectives towards education systems have brought a blend of virtual as well as traditional modes of learning, known as “blended learning.” The purpose of this chapter is to understand the impact of COVID-19 on teaching learning practices of higher education institutes (HEI) and to understand the influence of a blended learning approach on attitude and behavioral aspects of the learners and teaching professionals.

Elementary School Teachers’ Conception of E-learning and Blended learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Mufarrahatus Syarifah ◽  
Hany Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Actual Application ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Concept

The developments of school infrastructure that provides and involves computers in learning encourage teachers to adapt the use of these advanced technologies. The intended form of adaptation is through e-learning. Questionnaires were given to 43 elementary school teachers, who were able to operate computers, randomly selected to describe e-learning concept that they understood and applied. Although the majority of them mention e-learning specifically as learning involving computers in their implementation, and assuming they have implemented e-learning, they basically apply blended learning. Computers were used as a complementary medium, not the main. Through the results of the survey conducted, we discussed a gap between the perceptions of elementary school teachers believed with the actual concept of e-learning. Through the discussion, we also obtained a picture of how the actual application of e-learning by teachers is blended learning. Suggestions on the urgency of implementing e-learning in elementary school are also included.

scholarly journals Readiness of In-service Teachers Toward a Blended Learning Approach as a Learning Pedagogy in the Post-COVID-19 Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 004723952110152
Author(s):  
Rabiya Saboowala ◽  
Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Entire World ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Best Fit

The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has traumatized the entire world. COVID-19 has prompted experts to rethink the suitable pedagogies of teaching–learning that will prove to be sustainable with the global health crises going on. Blended learning is one of the models proposed by various educationalists and research scholars that appears to be a viable and best-fit solution for educational institutes for at least a period of a few months postpandemic. This study investigates the readiness of in-service teachers considering them as learners toward blended learning and its six dimensions. The results indicated that there existed a correlation among the six dimensions of blended learning while considering the readiness of in-service teachers toward blended learning. In addition, the results indicated that both male and female teachers and teachers who have and have not attended/conducted webinars/lectures/Faculty Development Programs online have had no difference in their readiness toward blended learning.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KINERJA PENDIDIK PAUD DALAM PENGEMBANGAN KEMAMPUAN KINESTETIK

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andun Sudijandoko
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Learning Concept

Abstract: The Improvement of ECE Educators’ Performance in Developing the Kinesthetic Quotient. This study aims to improve the performance of Early Childhood Education (ECE) educators at the TAPAS Al-Ikhlas BPPNFI Regional IV Surabaya so that they are capable of developing children’s kinesthetic qoutient through the concepts of ECE and kinestetic teachinglearning. This study was a classroom action research study. The data were collected through interviews, observations, and documents and were analyzed by means of data reduction, data display, data verification, and conclusion drawing. The findings showed that: (1) before the action was implemented, the kinesthetic teaching-learning model was teacher-centered, the educators did not understand kinesthetic learning concept and learning psychology, the classroom management was not well implemented, and the teaching style was monotonous, (2) after the action was implemented, the educators’ teaching skills improved, they employed a variety of teching styles, they understood ECE concepts better, and they were willing to accept changes and committed to making changes. Keywords: Early Childhood Education, Kinesthetic Qoutient

scholarly journals Effectiveness of face-to-face, blended and e-learning in teaching the application of local anaesthesia: a randomised study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bock ◽  
Kristian Kniha ◽  
Evgeny Goloborodko ◽  
Martin Lemos ◽  
Anne Barbara Rittich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Local Anaesthesia ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
E Learning

Abstract Background Local anaesthesia plays a key role in many aspects of a dentist’s work. The required skills to perform anaesthesia successfully are acquired at university. To take advantage of the possibilities for new teaching formats, a blended learning concept for the local anaesthesia course was developed. The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of face-to-face, blended and e-learning in teaching in local anaesthesia by assessing students’ knowledge gain, performance of practical skills and satisfaction with the course. Methods All participants (n = 37) were randomly allocated into three groups. After acquiring the theoretical background in the blended learning, e-learning or lecture groups, a test to assess knowledge gain was performed. The performance of the practical skills was assessed in a small-group seminar. Student attitudes were evaluated with a questionnaire. Results The blended group showed significantly better results (mean = 17, SD =1.5) in theoretical knowledge gain than the other two groups (e-learning group: mean = 14.7, SD = 2.2; lecture group: mean = 14.8, SD =2.3). When comparing the results of the clinical skills assessment, there was no significant difference among all three groups (p > 0.017). The participants confirmed a high overall satisfaction with the course, in particular with the blended learning approach. Conclusion This study indicates that blended learning improves the learning outcome for theoretical knowledge in teaching local anaesthesia more than either face-to-face learning or e-learning alone. Furthermore, the blended learning approach is highly appreciated by the students. For acquiring practical skills, this study shows that blended learning is as effective as other teaching methods.

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