Blended Learning Adoption in Higher Education: Presenting the Lived Experiences of Students in a Public University from a Developing Country.

Blended Learning Adoption in Higher Education: Presenting the Lived Experiences of Students in a Public University from a Developing Country.

Ahmed Antwi-Boampong

The concept of Blended Learning (BL) is gaining widespread attention in Ghana as many public universities' switches into this delivery format. The paper investigates the BL experiences of students from a public university and among other things presents their views relative to the determinants of BL adoption and the barriers encountered out of the experience. The paper adopts a qualitative case study methodology and purposively interviews 15 students from a BL class of 57 students. The analysis was done using Thematic analysis techniques. The findings presented in this paper indicate that the students in the BL class hold a positive perception of BL. Insights into the perspective of the respondents show that students view BL as an approach that is convenient, flexible and among other things facilitate learning beyond the limitations imposed by the classrooms. Also, BL is viewed as an effective pedagogic tool that allows learning to take place in a socially constructive manner through

Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey

2021

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