BACKGROUND Developing practice knowledge in healthcare is a complex process that is difficult to teach. Clinical education exposes students to authentic learning situations, but students also need epistemological access to tacit knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in order to interpret clinical problems. Blended learning offers opportunities for the complexity of learning by integrating fac...

With the rapid increase of using blended learning in higher education, the understanding of student experience in blended learning environment becomes significant. The aim of this research was to understand the learning experience of the undergraduate Accounting sub-degree students in a blended learning environment in Hong Kong. The research was conducted on a Management Accounting course of a ...

This study investigated the role of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, software, competencies values in blended education. A 28-item survey was administered to a sample 102 respondents from several institutes higher Results show that infrastructure is considered play vital promoting education, software services facilitate IT applications over internet feel they have ...

Blended learning has proved to be more effective than either online learning or face-to-face instruction. For many researchers in higher education, it is almost certain that blended learning will be the new traditional model for course delivery. Despite this, designing blended learning courses is still a major challenge for many academics. Educational institutions’ lack of access to blended lea...

In recent years, the use of the Blended Learning (BL) methods has experienced worldwide uptake and is responsible for enormous changes, not only in developed country education, but in developing country education, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. Given the role that blended learning can play in educational development, educational institutions, students, employers, and governments are increasin...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion of the transformative potential of blended learning in the context of the challenges facing higher education. Based upon a description of blended learning, its potential to support deep and meaningful learning is discussed. From here, a shift to the need to rethink and restructure the learning experience occurs and its transformative potentia...

Nebulous combinations of face-to-face and online learning are increasingly common across Australian higher education contexts. This paper reports on part of a redesign project of an undergraduate education subject at a regional university. The aim of the redesign was to enhance e-learning and blended learning environments. An approach that maps the evaluation research activities to the design a...

The main purpose of this article is to introduce a critical curriculum design approach for bringing curriculum change for Blended Learning in higher education. Furthermore, the strategies, principles and challenges of this approach are also presented. This paper provides a perspective on such serious concerns as whether curriculum change should start with professors, administrators, learners, e...

The development of information technology is able to solve problems in various areas of life, including education. Some examples of the application of information technology in education, among others: e-learning, e-library, e-module, blended learning, and more. One school in Bali that also apply information technology in the learning process, namely SMK TI Udayana. Application forms of informa...

22 This paper discusses the harmonizing role of technology and interaction in a qualitative study on blended 23 problem-based learning within the context of academic development in higher education. Within this 24 setting, and as both designers and tutors in blended PBL, it is important to seek best practices for how 25 to combine instructional strategies in face-to-face and computer-mediated e...