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Blended-learning, students’ satisfaction, higher education, educational technology, teaching methods, virtual classrooms

Abstract

This paper shows the results obtained from a blended training experience based on internet usage, more specifically, under the Blended Learning (b-learning) modality carried out on first year students of Philosophy and Physics at the Pontifical University of Dominican Republic. The theoretical model in which the experience, that is, b-learning, is sustained will be first presented and described, emphasizing the separation of activities to be done in virtual and attending sessions. Information was gathered for the purpose of this study through three different but complementary instruments: students’ satisfaction questionnaire, interviews with students and interviews with lecturers by e-mail. The results achieved and the level of students’ satisfaction show the significance of the experience as well as some limitations found concerning the need for teacher training and the difficulty of changing the organizational structures are highlighted. Some of the conclusions point to the favorable attitude shown by teachers and students in blended learning, as well as the need for universities to include centers that support teacher training in these formative actions.

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Cabero-Almenara, J., Llorente-Cejudo, M., & Puentes-Puente, A. (2010). Online students´ satisfaction with blended tearning. [La satisfacción de los estudiantes en red en la formación semipresencial]. Comunicar, 35, 149-157. https://doi.org/10.3916/C35-2010-03-08

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