As stated by Driscoll (2002), ‘blended learning means different things to different people, which illustrates its widely untapped potential’. However, the concept of blended learning as defined as the integrated combination of pedagogical approaches to produce an optimal learning outcome, coordinated with instructional technology focusing on skill-driven and intended learning, is not foreign to...

Learning processes using New Media tend to be extremely complex. It is not too surprising then that current research appears rather scattered and dominated by the more tangible issues such as content and learning platform design in a bottom-up approach. While initially this appears practical, we are convinced that advanced learning platforms need to be designed to optimally support the underlyi...

Blended learning is a combination of any form of technology enhanced learning with face-to-face instructor-led training. So called guidebooks describe how self-paced learning activities can be blended with collaborative activities. This paper describes the requirements for such a guidebook based on results from a Delphi study. A draft of a possible structure for such a guidebook is suggested.

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 increasing utilization of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in addressing various societal needs has catalysed the need to deploy this all important tool in education in developing countries to address the need of the increasing student enrolment in universities. This study was conducted to assess students’ perception of blended learning environment. The blended learning envir...

The increasing utilization of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in addressing various societal needs has catalysed the need to deploy this all important tool in education in developing countries to address the need of the increasing student enrolment in universities. This study was conducted to assess students’ perception of blended learning environment. The blended learning envir...

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...

This paper describes the results and implications of a correlational study of learning styles and learner satisfaction. The relationship of these empirical concepts was examined in the context of traditional versus e-blended modes of course delivery in an introductory graduate research course. Significant results indicated that the visual side of the visual-verbal dimension of students’ learnin...

This study explores how second generation tutors within blended learning courses link the face-to-face and online course modalities – in their representations as well as through their pedagogical activities – and which aspects help them to feel involved in the course. The methodology used is a qualitative analysis of interviews with seven tutors of three different blended learning courses. The ...

Nowadays, eLearning has been adapted in all educational institutes, starting from kindergartens, primary schools, high schools, to the universities. Teachers are encouraged to use computer and Internet as a teaching medium in addition to the classroom teaching. The result is a blended learning which combines eLearning as a supplementary learning means to classroom learning. The issue becomes wh...