ERIC Number: EJ1046156
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
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A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Blended Course Integrated with Refined Web-Mediated Pedagogy of Collaborative Learning and Self-Regulated Learning
Tsai, Chia-Wen
Interactive Learning Environments, v22 n6 p737-751 2014
Innovative teaching methods integrated with web technologies have been increasingly used in higher education. However, there are few studies discussing effective web-mediated teaching methods for both students and teachers. To help students learn and develop their academic involvement in a blended course, and improve their thoughts regarding this course, the author in this study re-designed and re-developed a combined teaching method for the course. The author conducted a quasi-experimental study to explore the effects of different combinations of web-mediated CL with/without initiation and SRL with/without feedback on involving students and enhancing their thoughts regarding this blended course. This research involved 227 second-year university students from four class sections, including three experimental groups (CISF, CIS, and CI groups), and a control group (C group), who received different combined interventions. In this research, students in CISF group (web-mediated instruction that integrated CL with initiation and SRL with feedback) significantly improved their involvement by the end of the course. In addition, students in CISF group had positive thoughts regarding web-mediated CL with initiation and SRL with feedback. The implications and discussion for teachers who plan to design teaching methods for online courses are also provided in this paper.
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Web Based Instruction, Student Attitudes, Experimental Groups, Intervention, Online Courses, College Faculty, Instructional Design, Foreign Countries, Management Development, Cooperative Learning, Tourism, Independent Study, Questionnaires, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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