Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution

This is a qualitative longitudinal case study of a blended learning research conducted through iterations of action research cycles that expands over certain periods of time investigating impacts of a technology on teaching and learning. The study seeks to explore efficient and effective ways of sup...

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Main Author: Ali, Mohd Fadzli
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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description This is a qualitative longitudinal case study of a blended learning research conducted through iterations of action research cycles that expands over certain periods of time investigating impacts of a technology on teaching and learning. The study seeks to explore efficient and effective ways of supporting collaborative learning activities in a higher education context in Malaysia tertiary institution where the expectation is that the campus based students work in a blended mode that consists of face-to-face and online interactions. It started with evaluation studies conducted in three consecutive semesters, followed by a reconnaissance phase, research cycle 1 and 2. The limitations in the findings from each cycle were overcome with proposed interventions before starting with the following cycle. The study drew upon multiple data sources comprising the students’ online forum discussions, the students’ written reports of their face-to-face meeting, interviews with group leaders, and the researcher’s observations. The data were analysed with reference to the three sub-triangles of an activity system in which each subtriangle represents the tool, rules and roles. Pedagogic and methodology issues identified in the first cycle led to methodology and pedagogy intervention plans that informed the second action research cycle. The findings from the second cycle revealed the effectiveness of the pedagogic strategies adopted to help students to plan their move working from a face to face mode to an online one and vice-versa.
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spelling nottingham-609982025-02-28T14:58:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60998/ Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution Ali, Mohd Fadzli This is a qualitative longitudinal case study of a blended learning research conducted through iterations of action research cycles that expands over certain periods of time investigating impacts of a technology on teaching and learning. The study seeks to explore efficient and effective ways of supporting collaborative learning activities in a higher education context in Malaysia tertiary institution where the expectation is that the campus based students work in a blended mode that consists of face-to-face and online interactions. It started with evaluation studies conducted in three consecutive semesters, followed by a reconnaissance phase, research cycle 1 and 2. The limitations in the findings from each cycle were overcome with proposed interventions before starting with the following cycle. The study drew upon multiple data sources comprising the students’ online forum discussions, the students’ written reports of their face-to-face meeting, interviews with group leaders, and the researcher’s observations. The data were analysed with reference to the three sub-triangles of an activity system in which each subtriangle represents the tool, rules and roles. Pedagogic and methodology issues identified in the first cycle led to methodology and pedagogy intervention plans that informed the second action research cycle. The findings from the second cycle revealed the effectiveness of the pedagogic strategies adopted to help students to plan their move working from a face to face mode to an online one and vice-versa. 2020-07-24 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60998/1/Fadzli.pdf Ali, Mohd Fadzli (2020) Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution. MPhil thesis, University of Nottingham. blended learning online learning collaborative learning activity theory
spellingShingle blended learning
online learning
collaborative learning
activity theory
Ali, Mohd Fadzli
Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution
title Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution
title_full Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution
title_fullStr Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution
title_full_unstemmed Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution
title_short Integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based Malaysian tertiary institution
title_sort integrating online and face-to-face approach to enhance students’ learning in a campus-based malaysian tertiary institution
topic blended learning
online learning
collaborative learning
activity theory
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60998/