scholarly journals The teachers’ perception towards ICT integration: Professional development through Blended learning

10.28945/3562 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 561-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arwa Ahmed Qasem ◽  
G. Viswanathappa
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Face To Face Instruction

Integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into teaching and learning is a growing area that has attracted many educators’ attention in recent years. Teachers need to be involved in collaborative projects and development of intervention change strategies, which include teaching partnerships with ICT as a tool. Teacher perceptions are a major predictor of the use of new technologies in instructional settings. Early studies have indicated that blended learning can be as successful as either online or face-to-face instruction, particularly in teacher preparation programs. Blended learning can lead to improved training, increased access and flexibility, and better cost-effectiveness. The objective of this paper is to analyse in-service science teacher perceptions towards integrating ICT in instructional design by training them using the blended learning approach. The present study is quasi-experimental in nature wherein a pre-test/post-test design was employed. The study was conducted on a sample of 60 science teachers of secondary schools in Yemen. A questionnaire was used to determine the in-service teacher perceptions towards integrating ICT in instructional design, which included 25 items. To analyse and interpret the data, t-test and ANCOVA statistical techniques were used. The findings show that there was a significant difference in teacher perceptions towards integrating ICT, especially in the group who were trained through the blended learning approach. The recommendations are, given that teachers are ready to use ICT, that Yemeni authorities in charge of education integrate ICT into programmes for in-service teachers.

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

Applying Blended Learning in an Industrial Context

2009 ◽  
pp. 213-232
Author(s):  
Christian Bunse ◽  
Christian Peper ◽  
Ines Grützner ◽  
Silke Steinbach-Nordmann
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Industrial Case Study ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Classroom Education

With the rapid rate of innovation in software engineering, teaching and learning of new technologies have become challenging issues. The provision of appropriate education is a key prerequisite for benefiting from new technologies. Experience shows that typical classroom education is not as effective and efficient as it could be. E-learning approaches seem to be a promising solution but e-learning holds problems such as a lack of social communication or loose control on learning progress. This chapter describes a blended learning approach that mixes traditional classroom education with e-learning and that makes use of tightly integrated coaching activities. The concrete effects and enabling factors of this approach are discussed by means of an industrial case study. The results of the study indicate that following a blended learning approach has a positive impact on learning time, effectiveness and sustainability.

scholarly journals Inquiry-Based Teaching Practices, Attitudes, and Difficulties of Secondary Science Teachers in Masinloc District Division of Zambales for S.Y. 2020-2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 1074-1084
Author(s):  
Maricriz S. Bioco ◽  
Jessie S. Echaure
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Science Inquiry ◽  
Secondary Science ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Secondary Science Teachers ◽  
Inquiry Process ◽  
Significant Difference

This study aimed to assess the science inquiry-based practices, attitudes, and difficulties of secondary science teachers in the district of Masinloc, division of Zambales.             The data gathered through the questionnaire were statistically treated with percentage, weighted mean, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). There is significant difference on the number of trainings towards origin of questioning, nature of problem, responsibility within the inquiry process, students’ diversity and variability and explanation of learning goals. There is significant difference on highest educational attainment towards explanation of learning goals and significant on sex towards origin of questioning. There is significant difference on the perception towards attitude on the use of inquiry-based teaching and learning when grouped according to highest educational attainment. There is significant difference on the number of trainings towards all dimensions of practices of science teachers exhibited components of scientific inquiry-based learning approach; The researcher recommended that the use of inquiry-based teaching and learning approach in teaching Science is highly encouraged in order to help the learners to overcome their problems in engaging with the lesson; that the teacher is encouraged to use the inquiry-based teaching and learning practices model to help them in attaining the consistency of the inquiry process within their lesson; and lastly a replication of this study is encouraged with in-depth and wider in scope so as to better determine the effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Teaching/Learning approach.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES OF BLENDED LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION IN WRITING LESSON

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-202
Author(s):  
Ayuni Madarina Abdul Rahman ◽  
Mohd. Nazri Latiff Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Research Type ◽  
Experimental Group

Writing requires specific skills in brainstorming, organizing, editing, and proofreading. There are varieties of research conducted in finding which approach is the most impactful to teach writing and one of the approaches emphasized is blended learning, widely acceptable in education field. Nevertheless, its effectiveness on writing is still questionable and the effort to integrate blended learning in teaching writing needs a thorough consideration. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to researcrh the adequacy of blended learning approach on students’ writing performance. Employing an explanatory research type, an experimental research design was applied. A mixed-method method was executed to collect, analyse and interpret data. For quantitative, a quasi-experimental design was carried out to 60 respondents who were selected through purposive samplings and distributed to control and experimental groups. The study used pretest and posttest for both groups. The result shows that there is no significant difference of blended learning and students’ writing performance between the experimental group and control group in the pretest and posttest. Overall, the study shows that both instructions have place in writing. Hence, educators have to become eclectic practitioners who are able to apply suitable approach that can contribute to the growth of teaching and learning writing.

scholarly journals Acceptanceof Cloud Deployed Blended Learning Environment by Students inHigher Education Sector-A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
Inderbir Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Teaching Learning

In India, the education sector has been always attentive to adopt innovations and techniques in the teaching-learning process due to various challenges. But nowadays, academic institutions are becoming flexible in accepting the new teaching and learning techniques to satisfy the student sector which as cited as the most vital entity in the educational sector. New technologies, tools, and techniques are proving as a boom for innovative teaching and learning practices. One of the emerging teaching technique is Blended learning which is a process refers to “mixing of the different learning environment for educational transfer”. It combines the traditional face to face classroom method with online learning method supported by advanced technology and tools. Blended learning should be viewed not only as a temporal construct but also as a fundamental redesign model. Through this content, delivery becomes digital and online. Truly blended learning requires teachers should adopt the approach as guides and mentors and learning should go beyond the classroom walls. Blended learning is also known as Hybrid learning. Although, Indian Government is taking initiatives to implement a blending learning approach yet there is a need to access the behavioral aspect of the students to use this blending learning approach. Adopting a blended learning approach must start with a re-examination of the intended learning outcomes.The deployment of cloud in the blended learning process makes its existence more strong. This study is the review of literature selected to identify the need for blended learning deploy with cloud in the teaching-learning process in the Higher Education Sector.

scholarly journals Investigating the Effect of Teaching Aesthetic Skills to Faculty Members on Development of Their Effective Teaching Performance1

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Eslamian ◽  
Seyed Ebrahim Mirshah Jafari ◽  
Mohammad Reza Neyestani
Keyword(s):  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group

AbstractThis quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of teaching aesthetic skills to faculty members on development of their effective teaching performance through a two-group pretest-posttest design. The sample included 32 faculty members at a major Iranian university who were divided into the experimental (11 participants) and control groups (21 participants). The experimental group was taught to use aesthetic skills in the teaching and learning processes; however, no intervention was applied to the control group. To evaluate the effective teaching performance of the faculty members, a tailor-made questionnaire was used in two pretest and posttest stages, where randomly chosen students were asked to express their opinions about the faculty membersí performance. The sample size of the students was 1096 in the pretest stage and 935 in the posttest stage. Paired t-test results showed that there was no significant difference between the mean effective teaching scores of the faculty members in the control group in the pretest stage and in the posttest stage. However, the mean effective teaching scores of the faculty members in the experimental group were found to be significantly higher in the posttest. In addition, although there was no significant difference between the mean effective teaching scores of the two faculty groups in the pretest, faculty members in the experimental group outperformed their counterparts in the control group. Based on the findings, applying aesthetic skills by faculty members in the teaching and learning processes can pave the way for sustainable development of their effective teaching performance. Therefore, faculty members are recommended to acquire the required knowledge and skills to better use aesthetic skills in the teaching process.

scholarly journals Design and evaluation of two blended learning approaches: Lessons learned

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wing Sum Cheung ◽  
Khe Foon Hew
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Face To Face

<span>In this paper, we share two blended learning approaches used at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. We have been using these two approaches in the last twelve years in many courses ranging from the diploma to graduate programs. For the first blended learning approach, we integrated one asynchronous communication tool with face to face tutorials, classroom discussions, and a reflection session. For the second blended learning approach, we integrated two asynchronous tools with face to face tutorials in a course. We discuss the theoretical foundation of the two blended learning approaches. In addition, we share insights from these two blended learning approaches, based on the students' data (online postings, questionnaires, reflection logs, and interviews), as well as our own reflections. Finally, we describe and discuss several important lessons learned that could inform the design of future instructional strategies in implementing blended learning in university teaching and learning settings.</span>

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&lt;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 Peningkatan Kemampuan Menulis Teks Autobiografi dengan Menggunakan Pendekatan Contextual Teaching And Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dita Yulianda
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Initial Test ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Contextual Teaching ◽  
Strongly Agree

This article will describe learning to write auotobiografi text using Contextual Teaching and Learning approach. The method used in the research, namely the experiment with the design of One-Group Pretest-Postest. Technique of collecting data in the form of test, observation, and questionnaire. The population in the study of students of class XI SMK Nurul Islam Cianjur, with a sample of 22 students. From the results of the study known the average value of the initial test 60.45 and the average value of the final test 80.91. The result of calculation with t-test known value that is 11,41 and value for t.s 0,05 value t = 1,72 and for t.s 0,01 value t = 2.51. Thus, there is a significant difference between students' ability in learning to write autobiographic text before and after using Contextual Teaching and Learning approach. The difference seen in the final test results is higher than the initial test results. The use of Contextual Teaching and Learning approach also get positive response for students, this can be proved by the percentage of student answers for positive response is greater than negative response, that is 30% of students who choose strongly agree (SS)> 4% of students who choose strongly disagree (STS).Keywords: autobiographic text, contextual

Contextualized differentiated instruction in contemporary issues vis-à-vis the development of its COVID-19 model

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-31
Author(s):  
Evelyn D. Saguin ◽  
Reynaldo B. Inocian ◽  
James Louies B. Un
Keyword(s):  
Differentiated Instruction ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Learning Competencies ◽  
Contextualized Teaching And Learning ◽  
Differentiated Learning ◽  
Differentiation Of Instruction

The study analyzed the effectiveness of Contextualized Differentiated Instruction (CDI) in the teaching of Contemporary Issues, a Social Studies subject in Grade 10 with these of objectives by: (1) Determining its pre-post-test results; (2) Testing its significant mean difference; (3) Analyzing its learning competencies and identifying appropriate strategies; and (4) Formulating an enhanced CDI Model of Contextualized Teaching and Learning (CTL). A one group quasi-experimental design, using pretest-and-posttest, determined the respondents’ performance on Contemporary Issues. A significant difference in the pre-posttest demonstrated an increase of proficiency manifested by an increase in the mean scores and enhanced qualitative equivalents. An above proficiency level revealed in the posttest was attributed by the engagement of the respondents in the learning process using contextual differentiated learning activities. Matching the learning competencies with the three learning domains of Gardner’s multiple intelligences resulted in a substantial utilization of the interactive and prospective teaching strategies, except on the analytic teaching strategies that were found inadequate. Hence, the creation of the COVID-19 Model may juxtapose the essence of an enhanced CDI Model of CTL. The findings have social and practical value to support differentiation of instruction in the 21st century education.

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