The effectiveness of blended learning in developing the skills of producing augmented reality technology among students of Saudi Universities

Abstract EN

This study aims to Identify the effectiveness of blended learning in developing the skills of producing augmented reality technology among students of Taibah University.

The research tools included: list of skills of designing augmented reality technology, cognitive achievement test and product evaluation card.

A program based on blended learning was used as educational material to teach students to design augmented reality technology.

The study sample consisted of (64) female students who were enrolled in the Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management Projects at Taibah University; (33) representing the experimental group and (31) representing the control group, in the second semester of the academic year 2018/2019.

In this study, the researcher used the constructive approach to build a program using augmented reality.

Also, the researcher used the experimental approach for studying the effect of using augmented reality on developing the skills of producing augmented reality technology based on the "Blippar" tool.

The study found significant differences between the mean scores of the students in the experimental group and the control group in the cognitive exam in favor of the experimental group.

There were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (a ≤ 0.05) between the average scores of the experimental and control groups on indicators of evaluation of achievement projects in favor of the experimental group.

The most important recommendations of the study are: (augmented reality applications should be used to become the standardized version adopted for developing electronic content and preparing future teachers to meet the needs of the community; and faculty members should be encouraged to produce and integrate the augmented reality applications in their teaching in all the courses of the different majors at the university level).