Investigating a Blending of Classroom Instruction With Online Learning Environments in Undergraduate Education: Students’ Perspective

• In Event: Flipping the Classroom: Hybrid/Blended Learning Environments

Abstract

This paper sheds light on opportunities and challenges in student learning across various blends of classroom and online instructional time. Research on blended learning stresses the need to focus on determining under what conditions and with what kinds of students blended learning is most effective. In our two-year study in a large urban university in Canada, we examined the variability in student perceptions of e-learning courses where a varied proportion of face-to-face time was replaced by online instructional time. In addition, the study examined whether commuter students experience was affected by varied instructional blends. Our preliminary analysis suggests that the proportion of time spent online is a significant influence on student satisfaction and other related perceptions.

Authors

• Dennis N. York, University of Guelph

• Ronald D. Owston, York University

• Susan Murtha, York University

• Janna Finkel