TY - JOUR
T1 - A blended learning Approach to teaching foreign policy
T2 - Student experiences of learning through face-to-face and online discussion and their relationship to academic performance
AU - Bliuc, A.-M.
AU - Ellis, R.A.
AU - Goodyear, P.
AU - Piggott, Leanne
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - This article presents research on students’ experiences of learning through a blend of face-to-face and online discussion. The participants in our study were students enrolled in a foreign policy course at a major Australian university. Students’ conceptions of learning through discussion, and their approaches to both face-to-face and online discussion, were elicited through open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Students’ responses to both open-ended questionnaires and interviews were analysed using a phenomenographic framework. Qualitative variations in students’ conceptions and approaches were categorised and were found to form a hierarchy. Subsequent quantitative analysis found associations between students’ conceptions of learning through discussion, their approaches to both face-to-face and online discussion and their academic performance (as indicated by the final mark for the course). Implications for teaching and further research are discussed.
AB - This article presents research on students’ experiences of learning through a blend of face-to-face and online discussion. The participants in our study were students enrolled in a foreign policy course at a major Australian university. Students’ conceptions of learning through discussion, and their approaches to both face-to-face and online discussion, were elicited through open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Students’ responses to both open-ended questionnaires and interviews were analysed using a phenomenographic framework. Qualitative variations in students’ conceptions and approaches were categorised and were found to form a hierarchy. Subsequent quantitative analysis found associations between students’ conceptions of learning through discussion, their approaches to both face-to-face and online discussion and their academic performance (as indicated by the final mark for the course). Implications for teaching and further research are discussed.
KW - Learning through discussion
KW - Blended learning
KW - Phenomenography
KW - Computer mediated communication
KW - Teaching/learning strategies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650176851&partnerID=MN8TOARS
U2 - 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.10.027
DO - 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.10.027
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-1315
VL - 56
SP - 856
EP - 864
JO - Computers and Education
JF - Computers and Education
IS - 3
ER -