Blended Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 302-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabal Bhargava
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Skills ◽  
First Century ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Medical Teacher ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical Education System ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Contemporary Education

Web-based learning has become an integral part of contemporary education. Online educational tools and resources are often utilized to facilitate learning and provide captivating learning environments. Opportunities protracted by technological advancements are infinite and these are finding increasing popularity in current medical education system. In this chapter, a “blended” approach, with apt amalgamation of e-learning and an interactive face-to-face session, was innovatively used by the author to augment clinical skills in the MBBS program for undergraduate medical students. A “flipped session” was developed to teach the clinical examination of the human retina using a “direct ophthalmoscope.” Besides adding value to the curriculum and constructively aligning the assessment to learning, the author capitalized on technology to demonstrate a successful application in the preparation of peak performers for the twenty-first century. This also helped the author evolve as a better medical teacher and create a rewarding Gesamtkuntswerk with the course content.

scholarly journals A Web-based Blended Learning Environment for Programming Languages: Students’ Opinions

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Yağci
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Programming Languages ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning

A learning environment which increases the desire and efforts of students to attain learning goals leads to greater motivation and success. This study examines the negative and positive opinions of students regarding the effectiveness of the learning process and students’ success in a computer programming course in which face-to-face and web-based e-learning methods were blended. The study, for which the case study method is used, was carried out over a 12 week period with the participation of 44 students. A data collection tool consisting of open-ended questions was applied to the participants at the end of the process. The replies given by the participants to the data collection tool were analyzed using qualitative analysis techniques. At the end of the research, the evaluation and satisfaction scores of the students regarding the web-based blended learning environment were found to be positive to a high degree. The positive opinions of the students were focused particularly around four themes, namely "facilitating learning through the learning environment"; "providing interaction opportunities"; "encouraging research", "video support for the course". Negative opinions were gathered around the themes of "lack of sufficient teaching time", "experiencing technical failures", "course badly scheduled" and "comprehensiveness of the course content".

scholarly journals COMPARISON BETWEEN PAPER-BASED AND WEB- BASED TEST IN THE CLINICAL SKILLS LABORATORY OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Doni Widyandana
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Skills Laboratory ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Web

Background: E-Learning or web-based technology can be used to train undergraduate medical students’ clinicalreasoning skills. Currently, many learning methods are being developed using web-based environment to replacepaper-based because they are more efficient in terms of paper usage and are flexible for a student in accessingmaterials. This study aims to explore student’s working durationaccess time and scores upon the usage of webbasedtest, to compare students’ scores to paper-based test scores, to explore the advantages anddisadvantages, andsuggestions to improve the web-based learning method.Method: This study randomly enlisted 60 medical students of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesiaand divided them into web-based (n = 30) and paper- based test (n = 30) groups. Students answered 15 disastermanagement questions and completed a questionnaire. The scores and times needed to answer the questions werecompared using the Mann-Whitney and Independent Sample tests.Results: The duration to answer in the web-based group was shorter than in paper- based group (p = 0.001), butthe average scores difference was not significant (p = 0.169). In the web-based group, similar numbers of studentsaccessed the website during and after working hours. Survey questionnaire results showed that most students realizedthe advantages of this program and gave appropriate suggestions.Conclusion: Practicing clinical reasoning skills using web-based learning method is more time-efficient comparedto the paper-based test. Its high-accessibility improves the learning interest and motivation of the student, with anequal outcome to the paper-based test.

Aspects of e-Learning in a University

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Manning ◽  
Lily Wong ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
On Line ◽  
Adoption Decisions ◽  
The University ◽  
On Line Learning

Most universities make use of e-learning facilities to manage and deliver on-line learning. Many universities have adopted an approach to teaching and the delivery of course content that combines traditional face-to-face delivery with online teaching resources: a blended learning approach. Many factors act to determine how online learning is adopted, accepted, and the balance between online and face-to-face delivery is formed. In this paper, the authors suggest that educational technology adoption decisions are made at three levels: strategic decisions are made by the university to implement a particular package, and then individual academics made adoption decisions regarding those aspects of the package they will use in their teaching and how they will use them. They also make a decision on the balance they will have between on-line and face-to-face teaching. This article questions how decisions are made to adopt one e-learning package rather than another. The authors then examine how individual academics relate to this technology once it is adopted and make use of it to deliver some or all of their teaching and determine the appropriate blend.

Course Management Systems Integration into Course Instruction

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-80
Author(s):  
Jared Keengwe ◽  
Joachim Jack Agamba
Keyword(s):  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Digital Learners ◽  
E Learning

The emergence of e-learning tools such as Course Management Systems (CMS) offer instructors a practical means to transition from face-to-face to blended delivery modalities that could better serve the needs of digital learners. However, instructors fail to take advantage of such existing modern classroom technologies to provide better learning experiences for their learners. Part of this is due to the lack of a system to determine the underuse of technological tools in a CMS. This project focused on examining the degree of Moodle technology integration into course instruction to support effective student teaching and learning by three instructors. This article stimulates reflections on pedagogical experiences with regard to course content material and instructor practices. The study illustrates that instructors and learners can believe technology is being used well in a CMS course site when the opposite is true.

scholarly journals Adaptive Learning Organizer for Web-Based Education

2010 ◽  
pp. 820-833
Author(s):  
Amel Yessad ◽  
Catherine Faron-Zucker ◽  
Rose Dieng-Kuntz ◽  
Med Tayeb Laskri
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Distributed Learning ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Course Structure ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Web Based System ◽  
Web Based Education

Adaptive learning support for learners becomes very important in the context of increasing re-use of resources from heterogeneous and distributed learning repositories. This paper presents OrPAF, an Adaptive Educational Hypermedia (AEHS) and web-based System which integrates semantic web models and technologies in order to achieve interoperability with e-learning systems. The key feature of OrPAF is the construction of adaptive hypermedia courses: both the course structure and the course content are dynamically generated and adapted to learners. We experimented the realized prototype on learners in order to evaluate the usability of OrPAF and the conceptual capabilities developed by the learners who used it.

scholarly journals E-learning in COVID 19 period: first year students’ perspective: a web-based Google form descriptive study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 743
Author(s):  
Rose Davy C. ◽  
Koushiki Mani
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Continuous Learning ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Normal Method ◽  
Power Point ◽  
Student’S Attitude

Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the paradigm of medical education. Face-to-face mode of teaching was the basis of traditional medical education. In this crisis situation, e-learning has become the only method of education for continuous learning. In this study, we attempt to find out the students’ perspective of various aspects of e-learning.Methods: For the purpose of the study, a questionnaire was prepared to understand student’s attitude towards e-learning, their likes and dislikes about e-learning and also suggestions from their end to improve the existing modes of e-learning. The set of questionnaire (Google forms) along with informed consent was shared via whatsapp group at the end of physiology theory teaching session.Results: 175 first year MBBS students gave their consent and participated in this study. The most preferred method of e-learning was power-point with recorded narration and the least preferred method was live classes. Poor connectivity issue is the major challenge faced by the students in our study.Conclusions: In this COVID-19 era, the future of medical education has changed forever. E-learning is the new normal method of teaching. In order to be effective, students require support from Government, faculties and parents. 

A Blended Learning Approach in Mathematics

2012 ◽  
pp. 22-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Abramovitz ◽  
M. Berezina ◽  
A. Berman ◽  
L. Shvartsman
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Online Assignments

In this chapter we present our work aimed at interweaving e-learning and face-to-face learning in Calculus courses for undergraduate engineering students. This type of blended learning (BL) contains the best properties of e-learning and face-to-face learning and helps overcome many obstacles in traditional teaching. We use our approach in order to improve students’ conceptual understanding of theorems. We describe online assignments specifically designed to help students better understand the meaning of a theorem. These assignments are given to students in addition to traditional lectures and tutorials with the objective that they can learn to learn on their own. Students “discover” the theorem and study it independently, by using a “bank” of examples and a lot of theoretical exercises we supply. The assignments are built in such a way that students receive feedback and instructions in response to their Web-based activity.

Dimensions of Student Satisfaction on Online Programs

2011 ◽  
pp. 640-645
Author(s):  
Petek Askar ◽  
Oktay Dönmez ◽  
Gonca Kizilkaya ◽  
Volkan Çevik ◽  
Kerem Gültekin
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Immediate Feedback ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Complex Phenomena ◽  
E Mail

This research studies on the evaluation of online courses are usually conducted for investigating the differences between face-to-face and Web-based environments with respect to achievement. Most of the findings indicated “no significant difference” (Russell, 1999). However, only looking at achievement as a quality measure is reducing the complex phenomena into a single variable. Therefore, an analysis of the system with its components is needed. A study on students’ frustrations with a Web-based distance education course (Hara & Kling, 1999) showed that there were two foci of frustration among students in the course. The first focus was technological problems; students without access to technical support were especially frustrated. The second focus involved the course content and the instructor’s practices in managing communications with students. Students were frustrated because of a lack of immediate feedback from the instructor and ambiguous instructions on the Web and via e-mail.

Aspects of e-Learning in a University

2012 ◽  
pp. 219-229
Author(s):  
Karen Manning ◽  
Lily Wong ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
On Line ◽  
Adoption Decisions ◽  
The University ◽  
On Line Learning

Most universities make use of e-learning facilities to manage and deliver on-line learning. Many universities have adopted an approach to teaching and the delivery of course content that combines traditional face-to-face delivery with online teaching resources: a blended learning approach. Many factors act to determine how online learning is adopted, accepted, and the balance between online and face-to-face delivery is formed. In this paper, the authors suggest that educational technology adoption decisions are made at three levels: strategic decisions are made by the university to implement a particular package, and then individual academics made adoption decisions regarding those aspects of the package they will use in their teaching and how they will use them. They also make a decision on the balance they will have between on-line and face-to-face teaching. This article questions how decisions are made to adopt one e-learning package rather than another. The authors then examine how individual academics relate to this technology once it is adopted and make use of it to deliver some or all of their teaching and determine the appropriate blend.

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