The Role of Mobile Technologies in Blended Learning Environments

Sibel ERGÜN ELVERİCİ (Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu, İstanbul, Türkiye)
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Yıl: 2023 Cilt: 37 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 467 - 476 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.33308/26674874.2023372559 İndeks Tarihi: 31-05-2023

The Role of Mobile Technologies in Blended Learning Environments

Öz:
Mobile technologies exist in a wide spectrum and have a great impact on today’s world. One of the reasons of mobile technologies’ becoming a vital part of everyday life may be various features they possess such as easy access to content with no time and limit boundaries. This has brought up the question whether they may assist language learning. Considering Web 2.0 tools in the context of mobile technologies, for this study a well-known Web 2.0 tool has been chosen to investigate its effects, Duolingo, on students’ academic performance when used in blended learning settings to support formal language education. The academic performance levels of students are determined before and after the intervention in a high school in accordance with an instructional design prepared to support students in and out of school hours. Data were analyzed by using descriptive analyses techniques. The results of the study are discussed considering the significant difference in students’ academic performance after the intervention. It can be concluded that there are possible advantages of integrating a Web 2.0 tool in blended learning contexts.
Anahtar Kelime:

Harmanlanmış Öğrenme Ortamlarında Mobil Teknolojilerin Rolü

Öz:
Mobil teknolojiler geniş bir yelpazede yer almakta ve günümüz dünyasında büyük bir etkiye sahiptir. Mobil teknolojilerin günlük hayatın vazgeçilmez bir parçası haline gelmesinin nedenlerinden biri de içeriklere zaman ve limit sınırı olmaksızın kolay erişim gibi sahip oldukları çeşitli özellikler olabilir. Bu, mobil teknolojilerin dil öğrenimine yardımcı olup olamayacağı sorusunu gündeme getirmiştir. Web 2.0 araçları mobil teknolojiler kategorisinde değerlendirildiğinden bu çalışma için, formal dil eğitimini desteklemek için harmanlanmış öğrenme ortamlarında mobil teknolojiler kullanıldığında öğrencilerin akademik performansı üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmak için iyi bilinen bir Web 2.0 aracı olan Duolingo seçilmiştir. Öğrencileri okul saatleri içinde ve dışında desteklemek amacıyla hazırlanan bir öğretim tasarımı doğrultusunda bir lisede müdahale öncesi ve sonrası öğrencilerin akademik performans düzeyleri belirlenmiştir. Veriler betimsel analiz teknikleri kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonuçları, müdahaleden sonra öğrencilerin akademik performansındaki anlamlı fark dikkate alınarak tartışılmıştır. Sonuç olarak bir Web 2.0 aracının harmanlanmış öğrenme ortamlarına entegre edilmesinin olası avantajları bulunmaktadır.
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