ERIC Number: EJ1257324
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jul
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
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What Makes Learners a Good Fit for Hybrid Learning? Learning Competences as Predictors of Experience and Satisfaction in Hybrid Learning Space
Xiao, Jun; Sun-Lin, Hong-Zheng; Lin, Tzu-Han; Li, Mengyuan; Pan, Zhimin; Cheng, Hsu-Chen
British Journal of Educational Technology, v51 n4 p1203-1219 Jul 2020
Compared with fully face-to-face or online learning environments, implementation of hybrid learning spaces is costly given the spaces making all learning options available for learners. Therefore, decisions on investments in hybrid learning are critical for institutions. Satisfaction and experience of learners is one of the important indicators for assessing the cost-effectiveness of learning space implementation; thus, predictions of learners' satisfaction and experience can inform institutions' decision making on learning space investments. Moreover, learning competences are found correlated with learners' satisfaction and experience in general and e-learning settings. Therefore, the present study aimed at exploring predictive learning competences for hybrid learners' experience and satisfaction. A hybrid learning space was built upon a proposed model at Shanghai Open University. 211 students' learning competences and their satisfaction and experience in the hybrid learning space were examined. The results showed that except cognitive engagement competence, most predictive competences were not significantly associated with hybrid learners' satisfaction and experience. The findings indicated that since hybrid learning keeps all options available, to experience satisfying learning, students need not have certain competences but cognitive engagement competence, which is correlated with learners' cognitive ability to figure out the right mix of learning options.
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Open Universities, Correlation, Decision Making, Learner Engagement, Cognitive Ability, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Competence, Student Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Learning Processes, College Students, Distance Education
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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: China (Shanghai)
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