Title: An integrative framework to investigate the impact of blended learning adoption in higher education: a theoretical perspective

Authors: Bokolo Anthony Jr.; Adzhar Kamaludin; Awanis Romli; Anis Farihan Mat Raffei; Danakorn Nincarean A/L Eh Phon; Aziman Abdullah; Gan Leong Ming; Nurbiha A. Shukor; Mohd Shukri Nordin; Suria Baba

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway ' Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia ' Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia ' Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia ' Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia ' Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia ' Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia ' Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Iskandar, Puteri, Johor, Malaysia ' International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia ' Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, Malaysia

Abstract: The importance of Blended Learning (BL) in institutions is momentarily increasing at all educational levels and particularly for higher education. However, relatively little research addresses students, lecturers, and administrators' readiness towards BL adoption. Although, such study would support higher education to strategically assess current state and future direction of BL. Therefore, this study develops an integrative framework based on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) framework, Hexagonal E-Learning Assessment Model (HELAM), and Khan octagonal framework to investigate the impact of BL towards measuring students, lecturers and administrator's readiness and further explore on the intensity of implementation of BL impact in higher education. Survey data was collected from 87 samples from 3 Malaysia public universities. Findings from this study provide understanding of BL initiatives, and offers insights to universities on improving teaching and learning effectiveness. Besides, our findings will be valuable to improve the impact of BL implementation.

Keywords: higher education; blended learning; technology mediated learning; technology mediated enhanced; adoption and implementation; impact.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2021.114074

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2021 Vol.13 No.2, pp.182 - 207

Received: 26 Sep 2019
Accepted: 02 Feb 2020
Published online: 08 Apr 2021 *

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