ERIC Number: EJ1032697
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Learning Style, Sense of Community and Learning Effectiveness in Hybrid Learning Environment
Chen, Bryan H.; Chiou, Hua-Huei
Interactive Learning Environments, v22 n4 p485-496 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate how hybrid learning instruction affects undergraduate students' learning outcome, satisfaction and sense of community. The other aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between students' learning style and learning conditions in mixed online and face-to-face courses. A quasi-experimental design was used and 140 sophomores were recruited in this study. Students' learning outcomes, satisfaction, sense of community and learning styles were measured. Results showed that students in a hybrid course had significantly higher learning scores and satisfaction than did students of the face-to-face courses. The result also indicated that students of hybrid learning classrooms felt a stronger sense of community than did students in a traditional classroom setting. Analysis of learning style indicated that learning style had significant effect on learning outcome in the study group. Accommodator learners had higher e-learning effectiveness than other style learners. Possible reasons of results were discussed.
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Cognitive Style, Educational Technology, Conventional Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Communities of Practice, Influences, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Scores, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Factor Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
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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
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Learning Style Inventory
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