A PARADIGM SWITCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION LEARNING TREND: BLENDED LEARNING

Authors

  • Asmae Achahbar Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, ENSA FEZ Laboratory: Culture Représentations Education Didactique et Ingénierie de la formation (CREDIF-FLDM) Fez, Morocco
  • Khawla Khoumssi Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, ENSA FEZ Laboratory: Discourse, Creativity, Society and Religions- FLS Fez, Morocco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v10i1.4646

Keywords:

blended learning, constraints, higher education, lockdown period, technological education

Abstract

Blended learning as a new paradigm in modern education offers an alternative model of learning where technology is incorporated into the educators’ courses along with classroom face-to-face activities. This learning trend has gained momentum, in Morocco, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. BL does not only aim to cope with the global quantum leap in the field of education, but also to insure the learners’ effective involvement in the learning process. This paper aims to assess the learners’ willingness to switch to BL, to identify its most appropriate models for the learners, to value their efficiency in preparing future university graduates, and to inspect the constraints that hinder the prevalence of this type of teaching on a larger scale. This study uses a quantitative method to analyse data. Hence, we resorted to a survey of 200 university students from different tertiary institutions in the region of Fez-Meknes, most of whom testified to the efficiency of BL and expressed their joy to adopt this new trend. Because of logistical deficiency, a few learners expressed their worries. Consequently, our recommendations relate to allocating significant financial help to assist students in difficulty and provide them with technical assistance, in order to engage them in BL and attain equity among learners.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Asmae Achahbar, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, ENSA FEZ Laboratory: Culture Représentations Education Didactique et Ingénierie de la formation (CREDIF-FLDM) Fez, Morocco

    Asmae Achahbar is an Assistant professor of English at ENSA Fez (National School of Applied Sciences) since 2020, got her PhD in the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences in Sais-Fez Morocco in 2013, has several publications and delivered communications in national and international conferences in different fields main of which are ESP, communication, education, culture, and travel accounts, an active member in various school’s workshops.

  • Khawla Khoumssi, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, ENSA FEZ Laboratory: Discourse, Creativity, Society and Religions- FLS Fez, Morocco

    Khawla Khoumssi is an Assistant professor at ENSA Fez, got her PhD degree in the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences in Sais-Fez in 2019, interested in different fields of research ranging from sociolinguistics to education and culture, and participated in different conferences both national and international in different faculties in Morocco, published, in different fields, mainly sociolinguistics, e-tourism, social media, online education, and ESP.

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2023-01-26

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023)

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