ERIC Number: EJ1126053
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 12
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Examining Student Satisfaction and Gender Differences in Technology-Supported, Blended Learning
Dang, Yan; Zhang, Yulei; Ravindran, Sury; Osmonbekov, Talai
Journal of Information Systems Education, v27 n2 p119-130 Spr 2016
Recently, blended learning has become popular in higher education. In this study, we aim to investigate influential factors that could impact student learning in this young and relatively immature environment. Factors from three perspectives--students themselves, instructors, and institutional support--were examined. Specifically, these factors are students' computer self-efficacy, instructor characteristics, and facilitating conditions. A research model was developed to systematically assess their impacts on students' perceived accomplishment, perceived enjoyment, and satisfaction toward the blended class. We also explored the gender differences by testing the research model on the two genders respectively. Interestingly, we found that for female students all three factors had significant impacts on their perceived accomplishment and perceived enjoyment, which in turn significantly impacted their learning satisfaction; however, for male students, no significant impact was found from computer self-efficacy to either perceived accomplishment or perceived enjoyment (the other two factors were significant).
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Blended Learning, Higher Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Influences, Self Efficacy, Computer Literacy, Teacher Characteristics, Environmental Influences, Gender Differences, Student Surveys, Hypothesis Testing, Structural Equation Models, College Students
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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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