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Flexible Hybrid Learning: Comparative Study

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Hybrid Learning: Innovation in Educational Practices (ICHL 2015)

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Hybrid learning has become a widely exploited approach within the ICT-enhanced instruction. Making it flexible, so that the process of learning reflecting students’ needs and preferences was the problem solved in various ways at three Czech institutions of higher education. In the paper the whole process is described, describing the starting phase, which was identical at all three institutions, and comparing different models of flexible hybrid learning applied further, including the results of pedagogical experiments comparing learners’ knowledge in flexible and non-flexible learning. The results did not proved clearly visible differences, as neither world-recognized research did. Despite this, authors are persuaded that research activities in this field should go on, paying deeper attention to learners’ personal characteristics and other activities within the learning process.

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The paper is supported by the SPEV N. 2108 project.

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of Ostrava, Dvorakova 7, 701 03, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Katerina Kostolanyova

  2. VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15/2172, 708 33, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

    Radka Jurickova

  3. Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

    Ivana Simonova & Petra Poulova

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Correspondence to Katerina Kostolanyova .

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  1. The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Simon K.S. Cheung

  2. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Lam-for Kwok

  3. State University of New York at Oswego and Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, Oswego, New York, USA

    Harrison Yang

  4. City University of Hong Kong and International Hybrid Learning Society, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China

    Joseph Fong

  5. Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China

    Reggie Kwan

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Kostolanyova, K., Jurickova, R., Simonova, I., Poulova, P. (2015). Flexible Hybrid Learning: Comparative Study. In: Cheung, S., Kwok, Lf., Yang, H., Fong, J., Kwan, R. (eds) Hybrid Learning: Innovation in Educational Practices. ICHL 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9167. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20621-9_6

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