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Design And Application Research Of Blended Learning Based On Wechat

Posted on:2016-11-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C J LvFull Text:PDF
GTID:2297330470473527Subject:Education Technology
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With the rapid development of education informationization, the integration of technological education and traditional curriculum has played an important role in the higher educational reform in China. Simultaneously blended Learning has continuously deepened and improved. At present, the majority of the researches about blended learning are concentrated in the mixture of traditional learning with computer-based learning. Meanwhile, mobile leaning has certainly turned a heated learning style alonging with the sustained prosperity of mobile Internet technology. Manifestly, A mixture of traditional learning style couldn’t adapt to recent development information technology. Thus, exploring a hybrid model which combining mobile learning with traditional learning become rather significant in blended learning arera. It is in this context, "Wechat" is selected out as the research subject with high popularity, powerful interaction and functional diversification, to create a hybrid learning model mixing mobile learning with traditional learning in this dissertation. This new-fashioned model has turned an inexhaustible power to cultivate the innovative personnel in higher education.Employing document research method, the dissertation attempts to draw out a map that helps to understand of the blended learning’s theoretical connotation as well as analyze the research status of both blended learning and WeChat. Based on objective-oriented and generative design principle with Dual subjectivity, holism and micromation as well as under the conduct of constructivist learning theory, Ausubel meaningful learning theory and other theories, the author constructed three kinds of blended learning pattern In this dissertation which were carried out and analyzed by using WeChat as teaching assist application. Using action research method, this article has set up a WeChat learning platform composed of resources-sharing, information-pushing, cooperating, communicating, intelligent query and learning evaluation, which will be reflected and improved by applying the pattern and platform to the teaching of " FUN PPT" couse. Finally, the author have grasped the learners’attitudes towards blended learning, classroom participation and learning effect through questionnaire and statistics on the WeChat platform.Based on above theoretical and practical examines, the author suggests three conclusions in this dissertation.Firstly, the WeChat platform can effectively contribute to the blended learning. The communications between teachers and students as well as the cooperation among students are much better.Secondly, the WeChat-based blended learning can make full use of teachers’ leading role and learners’subjectivity, which promotes the effective integration of mobile learning based on WeChat and classroom learning depending on teachers as well as the formal learning and informal learning. Furthermore, it can boost the reform of university teaching and do a lot of help in improving teaching quality.Thirdly, learners take a positive attitude towards the WeChat-based blended learning and think highly of the activity-designing and activity-organizing of blended learning. Whether in the classroom or at the platform, learners are enthusiastic about learning so that the learning effect is much better, which can not only enhance the knowledge but also improve the capability of self-learning and cooperating.
Keywords/Search Tags:Blended learning, WeChat, Learning Pattern, Curriculum design
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