TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘I've Stuck to the Path I'm Afraid’
T2 - Exploring Student Non-Use of Blended Learning
AU - Orton-Johnson, Kate
N1 - Social and Political Science
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - This paper draws on qualitative data from a study of student use of blended learning as part of a conventionally taught undergraduate Sociology course. Findings from an early evaluation questionnaire highlighted an overwhelming pattern of non-use of the materials and subsequent research with a group of 16 students evidenced limited and inconsistent engagement with the resources. In an analysis of the category `non-use', the students' rejection of the materials is seen to be closely related to a trust in traditional texts as authentic academic knowledge and an instrumental and strategic approach to study. Blended learning resources are shown to challenge existing learning patterns and practices, reconfigure existing understandings and expectations of academic scholarship and reconstruct academic boundaries in new spaces.
AB - This paper draws on qualitative data from a study of student use of blended learning as part of a conventionally taught undergraduate Sociology course. Findings from an early evaluation questionnaire highlighted an overwhelming pattern of non-use of the materials and subsequent research with a group of 16 students evidenced limited and inconsistent engagement with the resources. In an analysis of the category `non-use', the students' rejection of the materials is seen to be closely related to a trust in traditional texts as authentic academic knowledge and an instrumental and strategic approach to study. Blended learning resources are shown to challenge existing learning patterns and practices, reconfigure existing understandings and expectations of academic scholarship and reconstruct academic boundaries in new spaces.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=68949136981&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00860.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00860.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0007-1013
VL - 40
SP - 837
EP - 847
JO - British Journal of Educational Technology
JF - British Journal of Educational Technology
IS - 5
ER -