EXAMINING STUDENT EXPERIENCES ON THE BLENDED LEARNING APPROACH OF CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
E-learning has come a long way as global electronic technology advances. Blended learning has evolved from the traditional classroom setting that includes a teacher-student relationship, practicum, immersion, demonstrations and return demonstrations, constructive criticism, supervision, and evaluation, problem-based learning, and modular learning. This study was limited to the assessment on the level of readiness and satisfaction of students on the use and quality blended learning approach that is utilized in Cagayan State University-Andrews Campus in the teaching of Comp11a (Introduction to Computers) with the purpose of designing a proposed blended learning model for Comp11a (Introduction to Computers) in this University. It was confined in getting responses from the students and did not include teachers. The one hundred (100) student-participants were taken only from two (2) classes of freshmen students, in the higher education level enrolled in Comp11a at the College of Business, Entrepreneurship and Accountancy, Cagayan State University, Caritan Centro, Tuguegarao City. The two classes were randomly chosen from the five (5) classes available during the semester. The research approach is non-experimental, qualitative and exploratory-descriptive. Data were treated using descriptive statistics such as frequency count, percentage and weighted mean. In this study, meanings were formulated from extracted statements and then clustered into themes to provide full meaning of the results. The participants were consulted to ensure or confirm the credibility of the description. The utilization of the blended learning approach has been welcomed by the students with positive experience. It has been proven to be an effective approach in the delivery of quality instruction since most of the students are satisfied with it.
blended learning approach, students’ experiences, technical support, learning environment, satisfaction, readiness