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Learning experience of domestic and international students in blended courses : An ecological perspective
Han, Feifei
Han, Feifei
Author
Abstract
Adopting an ecological perspective on student learning, this study compares the cognitive, social, and material elements of the learning experience of 193 domestic and 120 international students in blended courses. For cognitive elements, domestic students adopted relatively more deep approaches to learning while international students held more positive perceptions towards the blended learning environment. In terms of the social elements, domestic group had a higher proportion of students who chose to collaborate than international group. The domestic and international students also differed with regard to their experience of material elements that international students were more likely to select the option of showing the answer for solving multiple choice questions. International students particularly need help in the improvement of their collaborative learning experience, which may be enhanced by strategies, such as mixing domestic and international students in group work and training international students’ intercultural communication strategies.
Keywords
Human learning, Universities, Centrality, Teachers, Questionnaires, Social networks, Social research
Date
2023
Type
Journal article
Journal
Book
Volume
18
Issue
Page Range
1-15
Article Number
ACU Department
Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE)
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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Event URL
Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access
Open
Notes
© 2023 Feifei Han.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The author received financial support by the International mobilities for research activities of the University of Hradec Kra´love´ II, CZ.02.2 .69/0.0/ 0.0/18_053/0017841.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The author received financial support by the International mobilities for research activities of the University of Hradec Kra´love´ II, CZ.02.2 .69/0.0/ 0.0/18_053/0017841.