A Comparative Study on the Impact of Online and Blended Learning
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated the transformation of educational institutions across the globe by implementing online and blended learning, which becomes an important aspect of the instruction and learning processes. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of b...
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description | The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated the transformation of educational institutions across the globe by implementing online and blended learning, which becomes an important aspect of the instruction and learning processes. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of both online and blended learning methods on grammatical knowledge and skill acquisition via an experimental approach. The study recruited 76 first-year medical learners to participate in an experiment for 7 weeks. Specifically, the experimental group studied the learning material face-to-face for 7 hours with 8 hours online, while the control group studied the same material online for 15 hours. The data were collected through pre-test and post-test. Although both approaches significantly improved learners’ grammar performance, the study results discovered significantly higher learners’ performance in a blended learning environment compared to solely online learning. |
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spelling | doaj.art-a3380c903fc64ad6aa2a964423df99d22023-02-21T19:33:15ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402023-02-011310.1177/21582440231154417A Comparative Study on the Impact of Online and Blended LearningAshraf Ali0Raja Muhammad Ishtiaq Khan1Abdullah Alouraini2Arab Open University, Manama, Kingdom of BahrainAl Zulfi, Majmaah University, Zulfi, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaAl Zulfi, Majmaah University, Al Majma’ah, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaThe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated the transformation of educational institutions across the globe by implementing online and blended learning, which becomes an important aspect of the instruction and learning processes. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of both online and blended learning methods on grammatical knowledge and skill acquisition via an experimental approach. The study recruited 76 first-year medical learners to participate in an experiment for 7 weeks. Specifically, the experimental group studied the learning material face-to-face for 7 hours with 8 hours online, while the control group studied the same material online for 15 hours. The data were collected through pre-test and post-test. Although both approaches significantly improved learners’ grammar performance, the study results discovered significantly higher learners’ performance in a blended learning environment compared to solely online learning.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231154417 |
spellingShingle | Ashraf Ali Raja Muhammad Ishtiaq Khan Abdullah Alouraini A Comparative Study on the Impact of Online and Blended Learning SAGE Open |
title | A Comparative Study on the Impact of Online and Blended Learning |
title_full | A Comparative Study on the Impact of Online and Blended Learning |
title_fullStr | A Comparative Study on the Impact of Online and Blended Learning |
title_full_unstemmed | A Comparative Study on the Impact of Online and Blended Learning |
title_short | A Comparative Study on the Impact of Online and Blended Learning |
title_sort | comparative study on the impact of online and blended learning |
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