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Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning

Background. Teaching face to face and partly online is called blended teaching. In practical oriented subjects like physiotherapy more hands on training is required. Hence online teaching may not help to meet the learning outcomes. But a combination of face to face and online may be very effective...

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Main Authors: Balaraman, Thirumalaya, Swaminathan, Narasimman, Sliwinski, Zbigniew, Kiljanski, Marek
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Published: 2016
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LB Theory and practice of education
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
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spelling my-inti-eprints.7072017-03-03T01:30:54Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/707/ Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning Balaraman, Thirumalaya Swaminathan, Narasimman Sliwinski, Zbigniew Kiljanski, Marek LB Theory and practice of education RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology Background. Teaching face to face and partly online is called blended teaching. In practical oriented subjects like physiotherapy more hands on training is required. Hence online teaching may not help to meet the learning outcomes. But a combination of face to face and online may be very effective in delivering the course contents. In this paper the effect of blended teaching on students learning is discussed. Aim. The aim of this paper is to discuss the efficacy of blended learning to improve the quality of student learning in physiotherapy education. Materials and methods. At INTI International University, we delivered physiotherapy selected courses in blended mode using various tools in the Blackboard platform. We also used zoom and skype to deliver in-classroom lectures with international expert from overseas. The efficacy of this method was evaluated through student’s feedback and performance in the formative and summative assessments Results. The students participated in these courses perceived blended teaching strategies very effective and convenient. Blended learning encouraged more collaboration between students which was evident based on their summative exam scores. Conclusion. Blended teaching strategies may be effective in physiotherapy education to improve the quality of students learning. A higher quality studies will provide more evidence. 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/707/1/Blended%20Learning%20Paper%20-%20Thirumalaya%20B%2C%20Swaminathan%20N.pdf Balaraman, Thirumalaya and Swaminathan, Narasimman and Sliwinski, Zbigniew and Kiljanski, Marek (2016) Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning. Polish Journal of Physiotherapy, 16 (4). pp. 24-28. ISSN 1642-0136
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topic LB Theory and practice of education
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
spellingShingle LB Theory and practice of education
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Balaraman, Thirumalaya
Swaminathan, Narasimman
Sliwinski, Zbigniew
Kiljanski, Marek
Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning
description Background. Teaching face to face and partly online is called blended teaching. In practical oriented subjects like physiotherapy more hands on training is required. Hence online teaching may not help to meet the learning outcomes. But a combination of face to face and online may be very effective in delivering the course contents. In this paper the effect of blended teaching on students learning is discussed. Aim. The aim of this paper is to discuss the efficacy of blended learning to improve the quality of student learning in physiotherapy education. Materials and methods. At INTI International University, we delivered physiotherapy selected courses in blended mode using various tools in the Blackboard platform. We also used zoom and skype to deliver in-classroom lectures with international expert from overseas. The efficacy of this method was evaluated through student’s feedback and performance in the formative and summative assessments Results. The students participated in these courses perceived blended teaching strategies very effective and convenient. Blended learning encouraged more collaboration between students which was evident based on their summative exam scores. Conclusion. Blended teaching strategies may be effective in physiotherapy education to improve the quality of students learning. A higher quality studies will provide more evidence.
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author Balaraman, Thirumalaya
Swaminathan, Narasimman
Sliwinski, Zbigniew
Kiljanski, Marek
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Swaminathan, Narasimman
Sliwinski, Zbigniew
Kiljanski, Marek
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title Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning
title_short Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning
title_full Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning
title_fullStr Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning
title_full_unstemmed Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning
title_sort blended learning in physiotherapy education: magic mix that improves quality of student learning
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