Sense of community: how important is this quality in blended courses
Combining online classes with the traditional classes foster the advantages of both learning environments. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of integrating face-to-face classes in fully online courses. 48 undergraduate students studying at the e-learning centre of Khaje Nasir Toosi Un...
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my.utm.388912017-10-23T04:54:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/38891/ Sense of community: how important is this quality in blended courses Tayebinik, Maryam Puteh, Marlia HM Sociology Combining online classes with the traditional classes foster the advantages of both learning environments. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of integrating face-to-face classes in fully online courses. 48 undergraduate students studying at the e-learning centre of Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology in Iran were the subjects of this study. They were required to provide their feedback on the inclusion of face-to-face component in their e-learning classes. Data collected through open-ended questions indicated that the most dominant outcome of such a hybrid course on the students was the perception on the sense of community. The findings suggest that students’ high satisfaction on blended learning courses was due to the fact that it promoted their sense of community. This supports another conclusion of the study that face-to-face classes and online classes are complementary and provide a balanced pedagogical role for each other. 2012-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/38891/1/1504.00249.pdf Tayebinik, Maryam and Puteh, Marlia (2012) Sense of community: how important is this quality in blended courses. In: International Proceedings of Economics Development & Research ( Education and Management Innovation), 5-6 May, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2279014 |
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Combining online classes with the traditional classes foster the advantages of both learning environments. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of integrating face-to-face classes in fully online courses. 48 undergraduate students studying at the e-learning centre of Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology in Iran were the subjects of this study. They were required to provide their feedback on the inclusion of face-to-face component in their e-learning classes. Data collected through open-ended questions indicated that the most dominant outcome of such a hybrid course on the students was the perception on the sense of community. The findings suggest that students’ high satisfaction on blended learning courses was due to the fact that it promoted their sense of community. This supports another conclusion of the study that face-to-face classes and online classes are complementary and provide a balanced pedagogical role for each other. |
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