The Blended Learning Concept: Comparative Study of Two Universities

The paper introduces the results of comparative study of the blended learning concept of two higher education institutions – University of Ostrava, Faculty of education and University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Informatics and Management, Czech Republic. Having the research sample of 466 and 591...

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Published inBlended Learning: Aligning Theory with Practices Vol. 9757; pp. 302 - 311
Main Authors Simonova, Ivana, Kostolanyova, Katerina
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Springer International Publishing
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Blackboard
Blended learning
Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)
English for specific purposes
ESP
Higher education
Moodle
Online courses
Technologies for education
Tracking
Visit rate
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Summary:The paper introduces the results of comparative study of the blended learning concept of two higher education institutions – University of Ostrava, Faculty of education and University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Informatics and Management, Czech Republic. Having the research sample of 466 and 591 students of both institutions, the data collected within LMSs were processed by the method of frequency analysis, structured according three criteria (learners’ visit rate to the course, learners’ performance in week days and learners’ performance in hours of the day) and compared. In the results different number of assignments was reflected showing higher visit rate to the Technology for education course conducted at University of Ostrava compared to English for specific purposes at University of Hradec Kralove.
ISBN:9783319411644
3319411640
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-41165-1_27