Blended Learning

Purpose: The human resource studies seek to investigate the effective factors on education and its impact on the development of human learning in organizations. As a result, considering the importance of human resources training in all organizations, the present research was conducted with the aim of designing human resources training model with blended learning approach in government banking. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The statistical populations were included documents related to the field of human resources training with the blended learning approach in the last 15 years, which 35 documents were selected as a sample with using the purposive sampling method. To collect the findings were usedfrom notes taking method from the documents, which whose validity was confirmed by the triangulation method and their reliability was obtained by the Cohen's kappa coefficient method 86.9 percent. The data were analyzed by thematic analysis and under three types of open, axial and selective coding. Findings: The findings showed that for the human resources training model with blended learning approach in government banking were identified 118 basic themes, 24 organizing themes and 9 comprehensive themes including educational leadership based on understanding and recognition, educational planning and targeting, optimization of educational processes, educational interactions, dynamic learning indicators, features of learning organization, explanation of educational goals, organizational agility and development of human resources training models. In the end, the human resources training model with blended learning approach in government banking was drawn. Conclusion: The results of this study can have practical implications for the officials and planners of the government banking, and they based on the themes of the present research can take an effective step towards improving human resources training according to the blended learning approach.

Multi-grade classes are one of the realities of our educational system. Academic motivation is known as a challenge for educational systems in developing countries. According to the rapid advances in science and technology, the utilization of blended learning seems to solve this challenge. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of blended learning on students' academic motivation in multi-grade classes. The study was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with the control group. The statistical population was all students of primary multi-grade classes in Ghaen (n=2200 with 160 classes). The statistical sample was 28 multi-grade students selected using the two-stage cluster sampling method. Also, to collect data, Harter's academic motivation questionnaire was used with Cronbach's alpha of 0.92. The SPSS application and covariance test used to analyze the data. The results showed that academic motivation scores in the experimental group were more than the control group (p≤0.05, f (25.1) = 4.23). According to ETA squares, the blended approach explains 37% of the variance of academic motivation post-test scores (p<0.05, ŋ2=37%). According to the findings and the challenges of teaching in multi-grade classes, this method is not just one option but seems to be the best solution for resolving multi-grade problems.

The coronavirus pandemic affected education enormously, and despite numerous previous efforts to achieve digitalization, virtual teaching revealed deficiencies in both the EFL teachers’ digital competence and in the peripheral use of Information and communication technologies (ICTs). This study focused on a sample group to analyze the relationship between the implementation of this model and the pre-pandemic digital approach in order to identify deficiencies that need to be strengthened to achieve increasingly effective integration of blended learning. A questionnaire was used to collect data from participating teachers in the areas of school digital strategy, digital competence, and teaching practice in blended learning. The data were analyzed through structural equation models, verifying the relation between variables and also according to specific training on ICTs. An active but insufficient effort on the part of the participants’ schools to promote digitalization was revealed. The implementation of blended learning has been favored more by the responsiveness of participating EFL teachers than by the provision of specific training on the part of schools, which lacked common guidelines from the public administration. These EFL teachers can respond to changes, but the schools’ support is essential for the successful implementation of blended learning, updating the approach of the digital strategy adopted so far.

The combination of face-to-face and online teaching, also called Blended learning (BL) has practically become one of the prevalent models of teaching and learning all over the world. Particularly, it has been applied as a new trend of using technology to concurrently combine in-class and out-of-class learning to optimize the educational impacts on students. However, BL is still quite a new learning model and has not been applied widely in teaching English in Vietnam. The current study was conducted to explore students’ perceptions of BL, the difficulties students think they have, and the percentage of face-to-face and online learning they prefer when learning in the BL environment. Sixty civil engineering students participating in the survey filled out a questionnaire after the forms of BL and the Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle had been introduced to them. The findings indicated that more than half of the participants were stimulated by BL and willing to take on the challenges.  Nevertheless, some concerns about the lack of IT skills to fulfill the requirements of the BL course cannot be ignored.