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A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Blended Learning: Trends, Gaps and Future Directions
Blended Learning (BL) is one of the most used methods in education to promote active learning and enhance students’ learning outcomes. Although BL has existed for over a decade, there are still several challenges associated with it. For instance, the teachers’ and students’ individual differences, s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34629910 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S331741 |
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author | Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem Yang, Meijia Zhang, Yufeng Denden, Mouna Tlili, Ahmed Liu, Jiayi Huang, Ronghuai Burgos, Daniel |
author_facet | Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem Yang, Meijia Zhang, Yufeng Denden, Mouna Tlili, Ahmed Liu, Jiayi Huang, Ronghuai Burgos, Daniel |
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description | Blended Learning (BL) is one of the most used methods in education to promote active learning and enhance students’ learning outcomes. Although BL has existed for over a decade, there are still several challenges associated with it. For instance, the teachers’ and students’ individual differences, such as their behaviors and attitudes, might impact their adoption of BL. These challenges are further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as schools and universities had to combine both online and offline courses to keep up with health regulations. This study conducts a systematic review of systematic reviews on BL, based on PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines, to identify BL trends, gaps and future directions. The obtained findings highlight that BL was mostly investigated in higher education and targeted students in the first place. Additionally, most of the BL research is coming from developed countries, calling for cross-collaborations to facilitate BL adoption in developing countries in particular. Furthermore, a lack of ICT skills and infrastructure are the most encountered challenges by teachers, students and institutions. The findings of this study can create a roadmap to facilitate the adoption of BL. The findings of this study could facilitate the design and adoption of BL which is one of the possible solutions to face major health challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-84932762021-10-07 A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Blended Learning: Trends, Gaps and Future Directions Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem Yang, Meijia Zhang, Yufeng Denden, Mouna Tlili, Ahmed Liu, Jiayi Huang, Ronghuai Burgos, Daniel Psychol Res Behav Manag Review Blended Learning (BL) is one of the most used methods in education to promote active learning and enhance students’ learning outcomes. Although BL has existed for over a decade, there are still several challenges associated with it. For instance, the teachers’ and students’ individual differences, such as their behaviors and attitudes, might impact their adoption of BL. These challenges are further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as schools and universities had to combine both online and offline courses to keep up with health regulations. This study conducts a systematic review of systematic reviews on BL, based on PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines, to identify BL trends, gaps and future directions. The obtained findings highlight that BL was mostly investigated in higher education and targeted students in the first place. Additionally, most of the BL research is coming from developed countries, calling for cross-collaborations to facilitate BL adoption in developing countries in particular. Furthermore, a lack of ICT skills and infrastructure are the most encountered challenges by teachers, students and institutions. The findings of this study can create a roadmap to facilitate the adoption of BL. The findings of this study could facilitate the design and adoption of BL which is one of the possible solutions to face major health challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Dove 2021-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8493276/ /pubmed/34629910 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S331741 Text en © 2021 Ashraf et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Review Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem Yang, Meijia Zhang, Yufeng Denden, Mouna Tlili, Ahmed Liu, Jiayi Huang, Ronghuai Burgos, Daniel A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Blended Learning: Trends, Gaps and Future Directions |
title | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Blended Learning: Trends, Gaps and Future Directions |
title_full | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Blended Learning: Trends, Gaps and Future Directions |
title_fullStr | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Blended Learning: Trends, Gaps and Future Directions |
title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Blended Learning: Trends, Gaps and Future Directions |
title_short | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Blended Learning: Trends, Gaps and Future Directions |
title_sort | systematic review of systematic reviews on blended learning: trends, gaps and future directions |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34629910 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S331741 |
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