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For a better understanding of the status quo of blended learning, this paper conducted a survey in five high schools in Shanghai. The results of the survey indicate that high school learners are not fully aware of the value of blended learning, and that only a small proportion of them have applied blended learning to their study. Although high school learners hold positive attitudes towards blended learning, guidance from their teachers is quite limited in this respect. Teachers seldom offer online learning resources or online courses to learners. This leads to the limited application of blended learning. The paper also discovers that learner’s involvement in blended learning is heavily influenced by factors such as family commitment, learning time, and learning devices. Based on these findings, the paper finally puts forwards a number of suggestions on how to improve the effectiveness of blended learning among young learners.
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Liu, H., Guo, H., Wu, M., Lu, B., Quan, J., Ren, Y. (2014). The Present and the Prospect: How Far Away Are They from Blended Learning?. In: Cheung, S.K.S., Fong, J., Zhang, J., Kwan, R., Kwok, L.F. (eds) Hybrid Learning. Theory and Practice. ICHL 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8595. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08961-4_1
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