Enhancing the blended learning experience of Calculus I students

Asma Al-Ghassani*, Hamed Al Shamsi, M. Mazharul Islam, Nasser Al-Salti, Iman Al-Hasani

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Blended Learning showed in the last two decades to be one of the effective ways in education and training. We illustrate our initiative experience with blended learning in the course Calculus I. The main goals we want to achieve
are improving students understanding of the course concepts, increasing the level of uniformity in this multi-sections
course and enhancing students blended learning experience online and offline. Consequently, this affects positively
students’ academic performance. We describe and discuss the results that we achieved and the challenges we encountered in view of the initiative aims and goals. The blended learning delivery methods were through Learning
Management System (LMS) as the online medium and through new offline activities inside and outside the classroom.
The LMS we used is Moodle. We designed the resources and activities to cater for the learners different needs. The
offline activities were chosen and designed to strengthen the weakness in students study skills based in our experience
Original languageEnglish
Article number00073
Pages (from-to)15
JournalMathematics Education Trends and Research
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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