Blended learning for programming in cloud based e-Learning system

Abstract

Students are found to learn effectively by actively participating themselves in the learning process, discussing among their peers and by discovering the concepts and facts on their own by experiencing them. In addition they are found to be more interactive in expressing their views about a topic in online learning. Most of the e-Learning systems found today are content centric and they do not provide a personalized learning environment for the students depending on their learning styles, interests and abilities. This paper mainly focuses on providing the blended learning environment for the students by making use of the cloud services technology in the e-Learning system. We analyze the effects of using blended learning approach that encompasses active learning, collaborative learning and discovery learning in a cloud based e-Learning environment to support and satisfy both student centered and teacher centered learning approach and to provide flexibility in learning. Blended e-Learning provides a personalized learning environment by providing differentiated instruction based on the students learning styles to ensure the expected quality of learning and cloud computing enables users to access all the resources and applications as services anywhere and anytime.