AL-Quds Open University learners’ attitudes towards blended learning (BL)‎

Abstract EN

The starting point for the present study was a group of questions regarding outcomes of the blended learning courses.

Would learners feel satisfied with such a model of learning? How would they react toward blended learning courses? The aforementioned questions which constitute the rational for this study involved measuring QOU learners’ attitudes toward the blended learning courses.

A questionnaire was designed to gather valid data about the concerned phenomenon, i.e.

to measure Q.O.U learners' attitudes towards BL.

The researchers' literature reviewing helped them a lot in this area.

It was designed to be electronically filled through the Moodle.

Worth mentioning, the questionnaire was distributed to the whole learners who were enrolled in blended learning courses at QOU in the second term of the academic year 2009/2010.

Only 249 learners responded to the study instrument.

This number which was drawn randomly and which represents 5% of the total number of the study population constitutes the study sample.

The current study revealed that QOU learners have positive attitudes towards BL.

Moreover, no statistically significant difference existed in the learners' perceptions of BL components, i.e.

course structure, course interface, learners' autonomy, interaction and the quality of instructional methods due to their gender, programme, academic level, achievement, and competency in English.

Nonetheless, computer literacy and experience in using the internet were significant variables affecting QOU learners' attitudes towards BL.