Students’ Perceptions of the Effect of Blended Learning on their Learning Autonomy
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https://doi.org/10.54855/paic.24620Keywords:
Blended learning, Learning autonomy, Perceptions, Vietnamese studentsAbstract
Learning autonomy is a critical skill that significantly impacts students' success or failure in the classroom and their pursuit of lifelong learning. Today, learning autonomy is simpler than ever due to the rapid advancement of information technology. From these perspectives, this study investigates students' perceptions of the effect of blended learning (combining traditional teaching and online teaching) on their learning autonomy. With the participation of 120 students, the study combined both quantitative and qualitative methods through questionnaires and interviews. The results show that blended learning had the largest impact on learners' motivation, self-assessment, and acquiring teachers' requirements. Besides, the research also revealed some elements of blended learning that have not really enhanced learner autonomy, such as establishing study goals and implementing a learning strategy. I hope this study can provide teachers with an overview of the blended learning model and offer some suggestions to improve the effectiveness of this model when applied to teaching in Vietnam universities.
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