The implications of active blended learning for English teaching in a Chinese university
Blended Learning (BL), which is usually defined as a combination of face to face (F2F) and online instruction, has attracted considerable interest in recent years and has been increasingly adopted within the higher education sector. In this research, a thematic inductive analysis was conducted to e...
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Blended Learning (BL), which is usually defined as a combination of face to face (F2F) and online instruction, has attracted considerable interest in recent years and has been increasingly adopted within the higher education sector. In this research, a thematic inductive analysis was conducted to explore how the practice of Active Blended Learning (ABL) at a British university, University of Northampton (UON) might inform the BL College English teaching curriculum design at a Chinese university, Henan Normal University (HNU), so that students may enjoy a more enhanced learning experience in both online and F2F contexts. In the study, 10 teachers from different disciplines at UON and 10 College English teachers from HNU were interviewed for between 45 and 60 minutes. The findings of this study suggest that the implementation of BL in College English courses at HNU should be supported by the institution in terms of pedagogical design, policy, staff development, technical infrastructure and small class size.
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| spellingShingle | Huan Zhang Bob Fisher The implications of active blended learning for English teaching in a Chinese university Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education Blended learning Pedagogical design college English training active blended learning |
| title | The implications of active blended learning for English teaching in a Chinese university |
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| title_short | The implications of active blended learning for English teaching in a Chinese university |
| title_sort | implications of active blended learning for english teaching in a chinese university |
| topic | Blended learning Pedagogical design college English training active blended learning |
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