A COMPARISON OF STUDENT SATISFACTION BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND BLENDED TECHNOLOGY COURSE OFFERINGS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Blended learning With the concerns and dissatisfaction with e-learning, educators are
searching for alternative instructional delivery solutions to relieve the above problems.
The blended e-learning system has been presented as a promising alternative learning
approach. While blended learning has been recognized as having a number of
advantages, insufficient learning satisfaction is still an obstacle to its successful
adoption. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate students’ satisfaction with
blended learning course delivery compared to a traditional face-to-face class format in a
general multimedia course in physical education. Forty six (n=46) undergraduate
students, between the ages of 20-22 years old, were randomly assigned into two
teaching method groups: Classroom Lecture Instruction (CLI) and Blended Lecture
Instruction (BLI). For the data collection at the end of this study, students completed an
online satisfaction questionnaire.
Independent sample t-test analysis was conducted to measure students’ satisfaction
towards the CLI and BLI methods. Results indicated that a blended course delivery is
preferred over the traditional lecture format. These finding suggest that students'
satisfaction could increase when the instructor provides learning environments not only
in a traditional classroom, but in an asynchronous online system as well.