Title :
The empirical study of effectiveness on Blended learning in the western rural middle schools — Take an physics course of a junior school in Qujing, Yunnan Province as an example
Author :
Chen, Shengjian ; Zhang, Zhongyu ; Zhou, Qing-fang ; Li, Luzhi
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Educ. Technol., Qujing Normal Univ., Qujing, China
Abstract :
Take an experimental middle school of rural-distance education projects in the west area of China as an example, The paper constructs and implements a rural-distance education model based on Moodle. Although the study found that the model does not significantly improve the achievement of students, it can reduce the gap anong the students and improve students´ interest in learning, and it can also save expenses for school.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational institutions; object-oriented programming; physics computing; Moodle; blended learning; empirical study; experimental middle school; junior school; physics course; rural-distance education model; rural-distance education projects; students interest; western rural middle schools; Decision support systems; Educational institutions; IP networks; Physics; Strontium; Upper bound; Blended learning; Moodle; School physics; learning outcomes;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet), 2012 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yichang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1414-6
DOI :
10.1109/CECNet.2012.6202007