Abstract
This paper investigates students satisfaction in a blended English writing course for Academic Purposes in Iraq. Blended learning is a novel mode of approaching education and learning in Iraq so it is very relevant to attempt to determine what factors can help it its success. Its novelty comes not from its use of online platforms such as Moodle but blending the traditional face-to face approach and distance teaching in a way that foster critical thinking and ongoing participation of the students. Different factors were emphasized and investigated regarding satisfaction, among them, the instructor-student and student-student interaction, in addition to the pedagogical aspect of the course. Student’s background such as their job and age and family status were not considered in this study. A modified questionnaire of student’s satisfaction in an online course was used to determine the approximate of satisfaction. The result of the research helped the administration office to apply some improvements to the newly-founded Blended courses in Iraq.
Highlights
Harriman (2004) defines blended learning as a learning environment that combines various delivery modes to provide an effective learning experience for the participants
This paper investigates students satisfaction in a blended English writing course for Academic Purposes in Iraq
In this paper, blended learning is a combination of activities and instructions delivered inside the once-a-week classes and the activities and assignments delivered on Moodle
Summary
Harriman (2004) defines blended learning as a learning environment that combines various delivery modes to provide an effective learning experience for the participants. It is a blend of the strength of the face-to-face classes and online instructions and activities to achieve the certain goals of any given programs. The advance of information and communications technology has influenced higher education immensely. This change has been very slow in the Iraqi context. The present research was conducted to measure the level of satisfaction of the students that participated in the writing course for the EAP program in HCED’s English Language Centre (ELC)
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