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Monday, February 04, 2008
Redesigning a Course for Blended Learning Environment - Feza Orhan, TOJDE
Defining today’s students as new learners suggests a fundamental difference in the way they approach knowledge acquisition, problem solving, and moving into the workforce. The paramount question becomes, “Is higher education meeting the needs of the present generation of learners?” (Dziuban, Moskal, Hartman: in Bourne, Moore, 2005). In fact, higher education is being challenged by rapidly developing information technologies and by the non-traditional character of today’s students. Institutions are integrating computer technologies into their mission to better serve their students, since traditional methods of supplying information and instruction are no longer adequate. The conventional education system has mainly focused on transmitting the teachers’ knowledge to students. However, it has paid less attention to the other aspect of education namely, learning (Alonso, Lopez, Manrique, Vines, 2005).... Essentially, a number of research studies show that there is no meaningful difference in terms of success, performance, etc. between online learning and face-to-face learning environments (Schulman and Sims, 1999; Cooper, 2001; Peterson and Bond, 2004; Thornam and Phillips, 2001).
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