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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE COURSES OFFERED FULLY ONLINE OR THROUGH BLENDED LEARNING
Androulla Papakyriakou, Despo Ktoridou University of Nicosia Cyprus As a response
to continuous changes in the needs of the learners, institutions of
tertiary education offer multiple types of online programmes,
including also language programmes. The rash to develop such online
programmes without examining the perceptions of the learners, as one
of the main stakeholders, may lead to failure. Is the choice of the
specific type of distance learning motivated? Is there a rational
behind the decision of the institutions? Do universities conduct any
kind of research prior to offering any type of online language
courses? The current research project is divided into two phases.
The results of Phase I are presented in this work. After a review of
previous studies on the topic, the article presents the results of a
survey on language courses which were offered fully online
throughout four semesters at the University of Nicosia. Phase II of
this project will be carried out next academic year and will focus
on language courses offered through blended learning. The results of
the two phases will be compared and recommendations regarding the
course design will be made. |
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