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Fostering ICT Competencies in Blended Learning: Role of Curriculum Content, Material, and Teaching Strategies
The study examined the direct and indirect influence of information communication technology (ICT)-integrated curriculum content, material, and teaching strategies on ICT competencies of students in blended learning. The ICT-integrated teaching strategies were used as a mediator in between the relat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9290523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35859825 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.758016 |
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author | Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem Iqbal, Javed Arif, Muhammad Irfan Asghar, Muhammad Zaheer |
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description | The study examined the direct and indirect influence of information communication technology (ICT)-integrated curriculum content, material, and teaching strategies on ICT competencies of students in blended learning. The ICT-integrated teaching strategies were used as a mediator in between the relationships of curriculum content, material, and ICT competencies. We used a survey questionnaire containing 26 items on the variables of research in this study. The data were collected from six universities in the Hunan Province of China. The target population consisted of undergraduate students of blended learning. In total, 486 participants participated in the study. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was applied to measure the relationships among variables. The results revealed that there were significant and positive relationships among ICT-integrated curriculum content, material, teaching strategies, and ICT competencies of students. Furthermore, it was also revealed that ICT-integrated teaching strategies in blended learning mediated the relationships in between ICT integrated curriculum content, material, and ICT competencies. It was concluded that the effective curriculum content, curriculum material, and teaching strategies are the critical predictors of ICT competencies. Moreover, teaching strategies worked as an intervening factor between the curriculum content, curriculum material, and ICT competencies. The practical implications and directions for future research are also presented in this study. |
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spelling | pubmed-92905232022-07-19 Fostering ICT Competencies in Blended Learning: Role of Curriculum Content, Material, and Teaching Strategies Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem Iqbal, Javed Arif, Muhammad Irfan Asghar, Muhammad Zaheer Front Psychol Psychology The study examined the direct and indirect influence of information communication technology (ICT)-integrated curriculum content, material, and teaching strategies on ICT competencies of students in blended learning. The ICT-integrated teaching strategies were used as a mediator in between the relationships of curriculum content, material, and ICT competencies. We used a survey questionnaire containing 26 items on the variables of research in this study. The data were collected from six universities in the Hunan Province of China. The target population consisted of undergraduate students of blended learning. In total, 486 participants participated in the study. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was applied to measure the relationships among variables. The results revealed that there were significant and positive relationships among ICT-integrated curriculum content, material, teaching strategies, and ICT competencies of students. Furthermore, it was also revealed that ICT-integrated teaching strategies in blended learning mediated the relationships in between ICT integrated curriculum content, material, and ICT competencies. It was concluded that the effective curriculum content, curriculum material, and teaching strategies are the critical predictors of ICT competencies. Moreover, teaching strategies worked as an intervening factor between the curriculum content, curriculum material, and ICT competencies. The practical implications and directions for future research are also presented in this study. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9290523/ /pubmed/35859825 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.758016 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ashraf, Iqbal, Arif and Asghar. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem Iqbal, Javed Arif, Muhammad Irfan Asghar, Muhammad Zaheer Fostering ICT Competencies in Blended Learning: Role of Curriculum Content, Material, and Teaching Strategies |
title | Fostering ICT Competencies in Blended Learning: Role of Curriculum Content, Material, and Teaching Strategies |
title_full | Fostering ICT Competencies in Blended Learning: Role of Curriculum Content, Material, and Teaching Strategies |
title_fullStr | Fostering ICT Competencies in Blended Learning: Role of Curriculum Content, Material, and Teaching Strategies |
title_full_unstemmed | Fostering ICT Competencies in Blended Learning: Role of Curriculum Content, Material, and Teaching Strategies |
title_short | Fostering ICT Competencies in Blended Learning: Role of Curriculum Content, Material, and Teaching Strategies |
title_sort | fostering ict competencies in blended learning: role of curriculum content, material, and teaching strategies |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9290523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35859825 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.758016 |
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