scholarly journals Blended learning in a health assessment course: A mixed-methods study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Sara Hallowell ◽  
Tomeka Dowling
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Course Delivery ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Delivery Format ◽  
Assessment Skills ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Nursing Courses ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
Bsn Students

Objective: The purpose of this study was to get students’ perceptions about changes made to the health assessment course delivery format from face to face to blended learning (BL). Health assessment is a foundational course in nursing undergraduate programs. Research has suggested that students have high levels of satisfaction with a blended learning format.Methods: A survey was used to gather students’ perceptions about changing a health assessment course from face-to-face delivery format to a blended learning format. All second year BSN students who were registered for the course (N = 88) were invited to participate in the survey at the end of the semester.Results: Most students in this study preferred face to face course delivery. Qualitative results were grouped together into themes: 1) Engagement, 2) E-learning tool, and 3) Confidence. Opinions were mixed concerning the e-learning materials that were used. Overall, students felt they were confident in their assessment skills as they prepared to enter the clinical environment.Conclusions: Findings from this study will impact methods of teaching health assessment and other nursing courses in the future.

Enhancing Education in the UAE through Blended Learning

2013 ◽  
pp. 194-207
Author(s):  
Rana Tamim
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Course Delivery ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Instruction

The advent of technology has changed the landscape in post-secondary academic institutions and technology-enhanced university courses are becoming the norm. While Distance Education was previously restricted to traditional correspondence having limited options for student interaction with the instructor and no interaction with other learners, technology’s progression changed the context drastically. One of the emerging delivery modes is blended learning which combines the advantages of technology enhanced face-to-face instruction and electronic supported learning. The chapter offers a general overview of the influence of technological development on the post-secondary Distance Education sector and presents the advantages of the blended learning approach. Insights are offered from a UAE e-learning University case study while discussing implications for university professors and faculty members pertinent to instructional design and course delivery.

USE OF BLENDED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION – SOME EXPERIENCES

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J Singh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Made In

This article reports on the use of blended learning in higher education. Blended learning has become popular in higher education in recent years. It is a move beyond traditional lecturing to incorporate face-to-face learning with e-learning, thereby creating a blend of learning experiences. The problem is that learning in higher education is complex and learning situations differ across contexts. Whilst there is face-to-face contact at some institutions, others offer distance learning or correspondence learning. In each context, the mode of learning may differ. The challenge is to cater for various learning opportunities through a series of learning interactions and to incorporate a blended approach. The aim of this study was to examine various ways of defining blended learning in different contexts. This was done through an examination of experiences of the use of blended learning in different higher education contexts. The study presents a case of blended learning in a postgraduate course. The experiences from all these cases are summarised and conclusions and recommendations are made in the context of blended learning in higher education in South Africa.

Development of E-Learning in Niger

2010 ◽  
pp. 114-125
Author(s):  
Aissetou Drame Yaye
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Course Delivery ◽  
Digital Campus ◽  
Virtual University ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Official Opening ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
The University

The University Abdou Moumouni (UAM) of Niamey in Niger mainly focused on traditional face to face learning, and even the existence of the African Virtual University since the years 1999 did not change the situation. It is only after the official opening at the University of the Francophone Digital Campus in December 2003 that lecturers and students started overseeing and taking advantages of all the benefits of e-Learning and distance learning. The present paper builds on the author’s personal initiatory experience in e-Learning to highlight some specific challenges that traditional universities such as the UAM face in their efforts to introduce e-Learning and distance learning as a new mode of course delivery. The study shows that even though challenges are big, political and institutional support can freshen the perspectives and change opportunities into realities.

The Role of the Tutor in Blended E-Learning

2009 ◽  
pp. 18-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhona Sharpe ◽  
Jillian Pawlyn
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Environment Analysis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Uk National Health Service

This chapter reports on an implementation of blended e-learning within three modules in the School of Health and Social Care at Oxford Brookes University. All preregistration students within the school are required to take an interprofessional education module in each year of their study. These three modules have undergone a radical redesign, prompted by the school and university strategies for e-learning and the European and UK National Health Service IT skills agenda. The redesign resulted in a blended-learning strategy that combined face-to-face teaching with online work of increasing sophistication during each of the three modules. In each module, there was an emphasis on collaborative, interprofessional learning. Interviews were conducted with seven members of the course teams to ask them about their perceptions of their roles as tutors in this blended environment. Analysis of the interview transcripts revealed five elements of the tutors’ roles: relationships with students, supporting group work, supporting professional learning, managing the blend, and developing new tutoring skills. The implications are discussed for improving staff development for tutors in this case study and for our understanding of blended learning more generally.

The Blended Learning Ecosystem of an Academic Institution in Greece

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Nikolaidou ◽  
Chryssa Sofianopoulou ◽  
Nancy Alexopoulou ◽  
Kostas Abeliotis ◽  
Vassilis Detsis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Academic Institution ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Capabilities ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Ecosystem ◽  
Enhanced Learning

Blended learning has been recognized as the most promising emerging trend in higher education, offering new capabilities, as it may significantly enhance the interaction and communication between instructors and students. The challenge of blended learning is to balance weaknesses and strengths of face-to-face and e-learning teaching environments and effectively combining them to provide enhanced learning capabilities. Its success should benefit instructor-student relation. To this end, the authors adopt ecosystem-based approach to model the blended learning environment and identify its constituents, i.e., instructors, students, consultants, technology. and their evolving relations. The proposed concept was utilized to explore the potential of blended learning in the academic environment. A study was conducted at Harokopio University of Athens over a period of three years to explore the relations between blended learning ecosystem constituents, focusing on instructor -student relation.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of blended learning in basic life support training among nursing students: A systematic review

2021 ◽  
pp. 402-414
Author(s):  
Mulyadi Mulyadi ◽  
Bih-O Lea ◽  
Reginus Tertius Malara ◽  
Hendro Joly Bidjuni
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Computer Based

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health problem and poses challenges in various fields, including education. Some training programs such as Basic Life Support (BLS) training need to adapt to new policies, which are physical and social distancing. Blended learning by combining face-to-face with online training, may help achieve BLS competencies for health care professionals, including nursing students. This systematic review was conducted to explore blended learning effectiveness in BLS training for nursing student populations. The electronic search strategy was conducted from PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane for the years 2010 to 2020 with full text in English. This review followed the PRISMA guidelines. The initial search yielded 240 studies, and six of those studies were eventually included. The results reported there were three blended learning models appeared, including face to face learning combined with e-learning website, combined with video-based, and combined with computer-based simulations. With an intervention duration of four hours to two weeks, there was an indication of several improving outcomes, including skills, knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, problem-solving abilities, and willingness to perform resuscitation. Furthermore, the skill outcome is significantly more effective in blended learning of face-to-face models combined with the e-learning website and combined with computer-based simulations. The knowledge outcome parameter likely is the most effective from all of three blended learning models. These findings imply that BLS training needs to use blended learning models by modifying the training modules, facilities, and infrastructure as consideration.   Keywords: Basic life support, blended learning, nursing students, systematic review

scholarly journals Blended Learning Based Inquiry Collaborative Tutorial Model for Physics Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1676
Author(s):  
Lovy Herayanti ◽  
Wahono Widodo ◽  
Endang Susantini ◽  
Gunawan Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Physics Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Further Development

Blended learning is basically a combination or mixture found in learning practice. Blended learning is a further development of the e-learning method, namely learning methods that combine e-learning systems with conventional or face-to-face methods. The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the models and learning devices both in terms of content and model constructs, as well as to find out student responses to the model developed. The model developed was validated through a forum mechanism, namely, focus group discussion (FGD) which was followed by researchers and experts. The suggestions and improvements generated from the validation activities were then followed up to revise the Inquiry Collaborative Tutorial-based blended learning model. Inquiry Collaborative Tutorial-based blended learning model and learning devices developed in this study have met valid criteria in content and construct. Valid content because there are elements of need and novelty, as well as valid constructs because there is consistency between parts of the model and there is relevance between the models developed with learning theories that underlie it. In general, the average student responds positively to the blended learning model based on the Inquiry Collaborative Tutorial. The model applied is considered to provide opportunities for students to actively participate.

scholarly journals Evaluasi Implementasi Blended Learning dengan Pendekatan Theory Plan Behavior

Syntax Idea ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 1269
Author(s):  
Arief Harkat Idram
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Subjective Norm ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Behavior Control ◽  
Behavioral Beliefs ◽  
Plan Behavior ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning

Blended Learning bisa juga disebut dengan Hybrid Learning, sesuai dengan namanya merupakan suatu metode pembelajaran yang mengkombinasikan metode pembelajaran tatap muka dengan online learning. dan juga merupakan integrasi antara metode kelas traditional dengan aktifitas online atau e-learning. Pendekatan ini dapat memaksimunkan keuntungan berupa peningkatan transfer pengetahuan yang dihasilkan dari interaksi face-to-face dengan interaksi online. Akan tetapi implementasi metode ini terkendala oleh kebiasaan atau perilaku ajar mengajar konvensional yang sudah membudaya sehingga untuk merubahnya perilaku tersebut memerlukan perencanaan yang matang. Teori Perilaku yang direncanakan atau Theory Plan Behavior (TPB) menjelaskan bahwa, tindakan manusia dipandu oleh tiga macam pertimbangan: keyakinan tentang kemungkinan hasil dari perilaku serta evaluasi dari hasil ini (behavioral beliefs), keyakinan tentang harapan normatif orang lain dan motivasi untuk mematuhi harapan (normative beliefs), serta keyakinan akan adanya faktor-faktor yang dapat memfasilitasi atau menghambat kinerja perilaku dan kekuatan yang dirasakan dari faktor-faktor tersebut (control beliefs). Dalam kombinasi, Attitude toward Behavior, norma subyektif, dan persepsi dari Behavior Control mendorong terbentuknya suatu Behavioral Intention. Sebagai aturan umum, semakin menguntungkan sikap/attitude dan Subjective Norm (norma subjektif), dan semakin besar Perceived Control/ kontrol yang dirasakan, semakin kuat harus niat seseorang untuk melakukan perilaku yang bersangkutan jadi Behavioral Intention menguat. Akhirnya, mengingat tingkat kontrol sebenarnya atas perilaku sudah cukup, orang diharapkan untuk melaksanakan niat mereka ketika ada kesempatan.

scholarly journals Los procesos de evaluación en asignaturas presenciales, semipresenciales y no presenciales de la universidad de Lleida. Opinión de profesorado y estudiantes.

2011 ◽  
pp. a176
Author(s):  
Òscar Flores Alarcia ◽  
Isabel Del Arco Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Assessment Strategies

El artículo está basado en un estudio realizado con el objetivo de observar el desarrollo de los procesos de evaluación en diferentes asignaturas presenciales, semipresenciales y no presenciales de la Universidad de Lleida. Se recogieron datos a través de análisis documental de planificaciones, un cuestionario a  profesorado y estudiantado y entrevistas a profesorado. Los datos mostraron diferentes percepciones sobre las estrategias de evaluación entre docentes y discentes. También que a medida que aumenta la no presencialidad se desarrollan más estrategias de evaluación continuada.Assessment processes in face-to-face, blended-learning and e-learning subjects at the university of Lleida. Opinion of teachers and students.AbstractThe article is based on a study carried out to observe the development of the assessment processes in face-to-face, blended-learning and e-learning subjects at the University of Lleida. We took data from documental analyses of the schedules, questionnaires at teachers and students and interviews at teachers. The data showed different perceptions of assessment strategies between teachers and students, as well as that continued assessment is more used in e-learning subjects than face-to-face subjects.

scholarly journals BLENDED LEARNING AS A METHOD FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN DERMATOTHERAPY: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Sri Linuwih Menaldi ◽  
Hanny Nilasari ◽  
Githa Rahmayunita ◽  
Siti Farida ◽  
Nanda L. Prasetya
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Post Test ◽  
E Learning

Background: Dermatotherapy is an important topic in Dermatology and Venereology module. The time allocated for dermatotherapy topic is limited, so that the development of learning method is needed to achieve the learning objectives. Blended learning is a combination of e-learning and face to face lecture session. This method is often used when there is less time available for lecturing and limited number of teachers. This learning method is expected to be more effective and efficient for the students and also the teachers. This study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of blended learning method used in dermatotherapy topic, and to identify the obstacle of using this method. Methods: This study is a cross sectional study, using quantitative and qualitative approach, involving 22 fifth-year medical students of Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia who enrolled in dermatology and venereology module. We collected data from questionnaire, pre and post-test, and feedback from the students. Comparison of pre-test and post-test results were analysed using paired T test, and followed by bivariate test of students’ characteristic, gadget usage and e-learning activities associated with the increased post-test score.Results: An increased in post-test score was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05). Approximately 95,4% of students passed the final exam on the dermatotherapy subject. Bivariate analysis revealed that the number of gadgets owned, digital usage and e- learning activities did not have a significant effect on the post-test score. Based on the students’ feedback, blended learning had a positive impact on helping their learning process; however, the materials of e-learning must be interactive, informative and comprehensive. Face-to-face lecture is still an important component in learning hence it is irreplaceable. Conclusion: Blended learning is an effective method of learning and should be considered if there is limitation of lecture time and number of teachers available. By using this method, medical students are more flexible in their study and it can be adjusted to their own learning style hence heling them understand better. Further development and improvement are needed for this method as to achieve the learning objectives.  Keywords: blended learning, dermatotherapy, medical students

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