Blended Learning and Sense of Community: A Comparative Analysis with Traditional and Fully Online Graduate Courses

By Alfred P. Rovai, H. Jordan. 2004

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Blended learning is a hybrid of classroom and online learning that includes some of the conveniences of online courses without the complete loss of face-to-face contact. The present study used a causal-comparative design to examine the relationship of sense of community between traditional classroom, blended, and fully online higher education learning environments. Evidence is provided to suggest that blended courses produce a stronger sense of community among students than either traditional or fully online courses.

Subfields: Education

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Personalising learning: Exploring student and teacher perceptions about flexible learning and assessment in a flipped university course (2015, result): “This supports other research findings that fully online learning is not the preference of students but a blended learning approach is (Allen& Seaman, 2013; Garrison & Vaughan, 2011; Rovai & Jordan, 2004).”
Research focus and methodological choices in studies into students' experiences of blended learning in higher education (2007, background): “…and Gyles (2003), Meyer (2003), Parkinson, Greene, Kim, and Marioni (2003), Schweizer, Paechter, andWeidenmann (2003), Harker andKoutsantoni (2005), Rovai and Jordan (2004), Reasons, Valadares, and Slavkin (2005), Riffell and Sibley (2003, 2004), etc. Firstly, there are studies comparing blended…”
From Moodle to Facebook: Exploring students' motivation and experiences in online communities (2013, background): “Over the past decade, pedagogical practices in higher education (HE) have undergone a significant move toward student-centered and community-basedmodes of learning (Rovai & Jordan, 2004).”
Combining the Best of Online and Face-to-Face Learning: Hybrid and Blended Learning Approach for COVID-19, Post Vaccine, & Post-Pandemic World (2021, background): “Students who value face-to-face instruction, in-person class discussions, and organic bonding between faculty and students may not enjoy online learning (Roval & Jordan, 2004).”
Blended Learning Environments (2005, result): “Conversely, studies such as those conducted by Rovai and Jordan (2004) have revealed a greater sense of community in blended courses when compared with face-to-face and fully online courses.”