This paper discusses how educators and learners can be benefited from blended learning. The research employed a qualitative research method. An unstructured observational approach was used to assess how the current teaching activities can be improved efficiently and effectively with blended learning. Four dimensions of language learning in relation to vocabulary, listening, grammar and oral ski...

Introduction There is a demand for more attractive and efficient training programmes in postgraduate health care training. This retrospective study aims to show the effectiveness of a blended versus traditional face-to-face training design. For nurses in postgraduate Acute and Intensive Care training, the effectiveness of a blended course design was compared with a traditional design. Methods I...

The concept of blended learning, defined in a range of ways, has begun to change the nature of all teaching and learning in higher education. Information and communication technologies have impacted by providing a means of access to digital resources and interactive communication for all courses and the blending of pedagogy and technology has produced a range of approaches to teaching and learn...

Interactive features denote one of the most important surplus values of e-learning. In the scientific discussion interaction and interactivity are distinguished. Numerous options are available to enhance interaction and interactivity in elearning. In this contribution we report on an e-learning project that tries to implement interaction and interactivity using a blended-learning scenario which...

—Use of e-learning and blended-learning strategies in European universities seems to be currently fuelled by political, social, or economic reasons. However, very often these reasons are not enough to completely captivate teachers and students. This paper tells the role the Centre for Innovation in Higher Education of the Public University of Navarre (Spain) has decided to play within the insti...

Background: Co- word analysis is one of the content analysis methods used in scientometric studies and mapping the scientific structure of various fields. The purpose of the present research is to map the structure of distance education using the co-word analysis. Methods: The research method is content analysis using co- word analysis. The research population are 31607 documents indexed in the...

This study’s purpose was to synthesize the user network (including subjective norm and network externality), task-technology fit (TTF), and expectation–confirmation model (ECM) to explain nurses’ intention to continue using the blended electronic learning (e-learning) system within medical institutions. A total of 450 questionnaires were distributed to nurses, of which, 352 (78.2%) questionnair...

BACKGROUND Despite the increasing uptake of information and communication technologies (ICT) within healthcare services across developing countries, community healthcare workers (CHWs) have limited knowledge to fully utilise computerised clinical systems and mobile apps. The 'Introduction to Information and Communication Technology and eHealth' course was developed with the aim to provide CHWs ...

Mobility offers new possibilities for interaction and communication in education. Pervasive nature of mobile devices makes learning on the move and across time a reality. Their characteristics fit into the blended use of technology in education since they posses socializing powers, re-conceptualize learning by making it more informal, ambient, collaborative and personal. Nevertheless, the probl...