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Investigating Challenges and Benefits of Educational Equalization Oriented Blended Synchronous Learning

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IC4E '20: Proceedings of the 2020 11th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management, and E-Learning

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3377571.3377592

Published: 03 May 2020 Publication History

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Information technology has been used to solve the issue of educational equality. Some teaching problems and challenges has occurred according to the poor experience. This study mainly focuses on investigating the benefits and challenges presented in blended synchronous classroom and providing solutions for it. The case study was conducted in a rural school in China. Three students, two instructors, and a school leader were interviewed to respond to the research questions. The finding showed that blended synchronous learning played a significant role in facilitating students' learning, instructors' professional development, as well as schools' teaching quality, influence, and popularity. However, some challenges also existed in the learning process, such as network delay, improper hardware layout, and low students' motivation according to being unfamiliar with each other. Therefore, strategies were introduced from perspectives of students, instructors, and schools to deal with the challenges. This study would provide lessons for both related researchers and practitioners.

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Investigating Challenges and Benefits of Educational Equalization Oriented Blended Synchronous Learning
1. Applied computing
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Independent Research Project of Adaptive Learning for Primary School Mathematics of Central China Normal University
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IC4E 2020: 2020 the 11th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management, and E-Learning

January 10 - 12, 2020

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Fabian KSmith STaylor-Smith E(2024)Being in Two Places at the Same Time: a Future for Hybrid Learning Based on Student PreferencesTechTrends10.1007/s11528-024-00974-x68:4(693-704)Online publication date: 8-Jun-2024
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Sun JTong MLong TWang Q(2024)Innovation and diffusion of blended synchronous classroom in Chinese primary and junior middle schoolsEducational technology research and development10.1007/s11423-024-10365-x72:4(2373-2400)Online publication date: 8-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-024-10365-x
Wong BLi KChan HCheung S(2023)HyFlex Learning Research and Practice: A Longitudinal AnalysisSustainability10.3390/su1512969915:12(9699)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129699
Li WHe T(2022)Blended classroom teaching equalizes educational inequalityEducation and Information Technologies10.1007/s10639-022-11332-w28:4(4453-4474)Online publication date: 18-Oct-2022
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