How Students Experience Blende Learning? (Malaysian Experience)

Blended learning (BL) refers to a deliberate blending’ of face-to-face and online instructional activities, with the goal of stimulating and supporting learning. The most critical factor of BL is interaction and Involvement. Education revolves around the interaction of students, teachers, and content. This research has studied the student’s perception of using SPeCTRUM (as a platform for blended learning) in a university in Malaysia. A mixed method design was employed to collect data on students’ perception and experience of using SPeCTRUM in learning activities. A questionnaire, individual interview, focus group discussion and class observations were used as instruments in collecting the data. Participants were from the Faculty of Education, University of Malay (Malaysia). The result shows that the students have positive attitudes towards SPeCTRUM regarding its flexibility used in learning activities outside the class hours, including students’-peer interaction. However, the finding shows that the instructor had limited time to interact with students virtually