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ERIC Number: EJ1469173
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0047-2395
EISSN: EISSN-1541-3810
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Defining Key Modality Parameters of Blended Courses
Journal of Educational Technology Systems, v53 n4 p320-336 2025
A recent increase in blended course options has changed the landscape of higher education, necessitating revisions of prior categorization of blended online and in-person course models. Building on the Mixed Instructional eXperience (MIX) taxonomy using current literature and course models, we developed three key parameters for defining course modality. Resulting parameters included: minimum technology-mediated delivery, with subcategories of synchronous and asynchronous delivery; geographical flexibility, a percentage of face-to-face course sessions that allow synchronous online attendance; and asynchronous completion option, a binary measure indicating whether full asynchronous participation in the course is allowed. Two coders applied these parameters to 33 syllabi with resulting intraclass correlations of 0.78 and 0.83 for minimum technology-mediated delivery (asynchronous and synchronous, respectively); 0.79 for geographical flexibility, and a Cohen's Kappa of 1 for asynchronous completion options. Results indicate that our parameters can be applied consistently, and adequately describe the modality options that distinguish various blended courses.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 2314930
Author Affiliations: 1Evidence-Driven Learning Innovation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; 2Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA