Abstract

Information and communication Technology and the use of internet has added many values to the educational process. Many approaches has been developed for this purpose including e-learning, distant learning and recently blended learning. Many universities are adopting these approaches for teaching students. Therefore this research aims to examine attitudes of University of Jordan students toward blended learning. A sample of 250 students were selected to complete online questionnaire who have taken blended coursest hat contains aspects of knowledge about and attitude toward blended learning and a high level of preferring toward blended learning. The results of the study indicated that blended learning is useful to Students, and that most students fully understand the goals of e-learning through blended learning. In general the students have shown positive attitude towered blended learning. Furthermore, they have shown adequate information about the field of blended learning and to decide when and how to use the resources provided to them through blended learning. it also indicated that blended learning is more effective than traditional way of teaching to develop and improve the knowledge and skills. The results also indicated that electronic resources provide through blended learning is an effective way that help students to get knowledge and improve their skills, and it has tremendous effect on students life to take responsibility for their own learning process.

Highlights

  • Information and communication technologies are the processes, methods of searching, collecting, storing, and processing, providing, distributing information

  • Results in table 3 showed that highly percentage of 85.4% of the respondent see that blended learning which combine online class learning and traditional in- class learning is more effective than using one-way delivery of information The results of this study indicate that there are statistically 83.6% see that With blended learning the information is obtained by more than one way

  • The percentage of the respondent about if Blended learning enables a student to become more involved in the learning process was 61.7% and the major percentage of 84.1% see that Blended learning involves joint participation and work

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Introduction

Information and communication technologies are the processes, methods of searching, collecting, storing, and processing, providing, distributing information. The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the field of Education clearly has positive effects on the learning process. Developments in the information age have had impacts on education as well as on most of the fields. This impact has resulted in the formation of new paradigms in the education-learning process. Some of these paradigms is electronic learning (e-learning) distance learning and Blended learning (Yurdugul&Alsancak-Sırakaya,2013) these educational paradigms has been evolved to use the ICT. Universities in Jordan are moving from e-learning into blended learning The university of Jordan has adapted many courses in blended learning)

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