Perceptions and Practices of Blended Learning in Foreign Language teaching at USIM

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Perceptions of Syrian Student Refugees towards Blended Learning: Implications for Higher Education Institutions

“…This implies that Syrian refugees were satisfied with this system as it took into consideration their personal affairs, and the strength of BL is in its flexibility in dealing with higher education studies. This is in line with several previous related studies like [7], [12], [14], [16], [19], [22], [24]. All of these studies revealed that students who experienced BL have positive perceptions of BL as they were satisfied with the convenience, ease of use, and flexibility of learning.…”

“…Results revealed that participants who studied using blended learning outperformed those who studies o0nly in a traditional way. Result also showed no effects of the variables of gender and age in determining the perceptions of participants [13], [14], [15], [16]. It can be concluded the research area about blended learning emphasized on students' performance were the prominent research areas about blended learning emphasized students' performance, whereas no study investigated students ' perceptions of the components of blended learning, particularly refugee students at the university level.…”

“…These characteristics make researchers very interested in identifying the effects of this approach on several variables, such as students' achievement, and they found it improves students' achievement over other approaches like traditional or on-line learning such as [11]. Researchers have also investigated the effect of blended learning like instructors' opinions, perceptions, attitudes towards blended learning on other areas, like instructors' opinions, perceptions, and attitudes towards blended learning [10], [12], [13], [22], [23]. They found that students and instructors valued aspects of blended learning and had a positive perception of it, but students need more capacity building in how to employ it effectively.…”

“…Their perceptions were not investigated in spite of the international calls for providing refugees students with blended learning as it provides them the quality of learning without staying at university for a long time, and is one of the essential requirements of traditional higher education according to international agencies like UNESCO and UNHCR Some studies at the international level examined the students' perception of blended learning, for example, [7], [12], [17], [18]. They found that students who experienced blended learning had positive perceptions of blended learning, and they were satisfied with the convenience, ease of use of online services, flexibility of learning, 48 http://www.i-jet.org and smart lectures.…”

Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Perception of Blended Learning

“…For teachers, BL helps in improving teaching conditions, offers access to global resources and materials that meet the students' level of knowledge and interest, provides more opportunities for collaboration and meaningful professional development, and improves time efficiency (Ju & Mei, 2018). According to Rubio and Thoms (2014), a BL implementation can empower teachers to respond to a wide variety of students' learning needs, to support learning processes, and to promote active, reflective and collaborative learning.…”