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Maryam Tayebinik

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arXiv2015

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.Forty eight undergraduate students studying at the e-learning center of a public university 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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arXiv2013

Blended Learning or E-learning?

ICT or Information and Communication Technology has pervaded the fields of education.In recent years the term e-learning has emerged as a result of the integration of ICT in the education fields. Following the application this technology into teaching, some pitfalls have been identified and this have led to the Blended learning phenomenon.However the preference on this new method has been debated quite extensively.The aim of this paper is to investigate the advantages of blended learning over face to face instruction through reviews of related literature.The present survey revealed that blended learning is more favorable than pure e-learning and offers many advantages for learners like producing a sense of community or belonging.This study concludes that blended learning can be considered as an efficient approach of distance learning in terms of students' learning experience student-student interaction as well as studentinstructor interaction and is likely to emerge as the predominant education model in the future.

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