Designing and Improving a Blended Synchronous Learning Environment: An Educational Design Research

In this study, a blended synchronous learning environment (BSLE) was created to support a group of graduate students when they were taking a course. Instruction was delivered to both face-to-face (F2F) and online students simultaneously. The purpose of this paper is to present how this BSLE was grad...

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Autores principales: Qiyun Wang, Choon Lang Quek, Xiaoyong Hu
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Athabasca University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/8693c224fcbd46cd9fec95fa1f0d7a83
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Sumario:In this study, a blended synchronous learning environment (BSLE) was created to support a group of graduate students when they were taking a course. Instruction was delivered to both face-to-face (F2F) and online students simultaneously. The purpose of this paper is to present how this BSLE was gradually designed, implemented, and improved by following the educational design research approach. Results showed that the BSLE environment had the capability to support online and classroom students at the same time and provide equivalent learning experiences for them, but challenges emerged in the process. Design principles were summarized to guide researchers or teachers when they design similar learning environments.