Doktorska disertacija/Doctoral Thesis

MODEL KOMBINIRANEGA ELEKTRONSKEGA IZOBRAŽEVANJA V TERCIARNEM IZOBRAŽEVANJU / MODEL OF BLENDED LEARNING IN TERTIARY EDUCATION

POVZETEK

Raziskavo dejavnikov učinkovitega kombiniranega e-izobraževanja smo zasnovali na izsledkih raziskav o ovirah za vključitev in uspešen konec izobraževanj prek interneta (online izobraževanj). Velik osip udeležencev tovrstnih izobraževanj vse izobraževalne institucije postavlja pred iskanje primernega načina e-izobraževanja za posamezno okolje. V raziskavi smo proučevali 25 dejavnikov učinkovitega kombiniranega e-izobraževanja (model DUKeI), ki so bili razdeljeni v osem skupin. Z metodo glavnih komponent smo posamezne dejavnike združevali ter ugotavljali vpliv na oceno predmeta ali na mnenje o pridobljenem znanju. V končnem modelu desetih dejavnikov smo z regresijsko analizo ugotovili, da izvedba e-izobraževanja, vloga mentorja in izhodne značilnosti statistično značilno vplivajo na mnenje o pridobljenem znanju in da variabilnost teh treh ključnih spremenljivk pojasni 52,2 % variabilnosti mnenja o pridobljenem znanju. V raziskavi smo potrdili, rezultate nekaterih prejšnjih raziskav, da je informacijsko komunikacijska-tehnologija (IKT) le sredstvo za izvedbo e-izobraževanja in nima ključnega vpliva na učinkovitost e-izobraževanja.

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ABSTRACT

The research of factors of effective blended learning was based on the results of some previously made researches about e-learning completion barriers. High drop-out rates of different online courses force educational institutions into searching for proper e-learning forms for each individual environment. In our research 25 factors of effective blended learning (the DUKeI model) that were divided in 8 groups were investigated. The principal components method was used to join different factors and ascertain their effect on students' course grades or their perception of gained knowledge. In the final 10 factors model we used regression analysis to find out that three factors statistically significantly effect the perception of gained knowledge: e-learning delivery, the role of the online tutor and outgoing students characteristics. These three factors can explain 52,2 % of the variability found in students' perception of gained knowledge. The main conclusion of our research, which is also in concordance with previous research results, was that information and communication technology (ICT) is only an e-learning tool and has no significant impact on the effectiveness of e-learning.