The Effect of Blended Learning on the Persistence of Academic Performance for Computer Education

Abstract

Nowadays new learning processes are being designed where online education is reinforced and used along with face to face education. This co-use that was established to eliminate various limitations is called Blended Learning (BL). Blending could be considered as building a new process by combining the positive aspects of online and face to face processes levelly. In this study, we shared the research to determine the effect of the BL process on the persistence of the learners' academic performance. The research was conducted by the participation of 63 university students in Turkey to a 10-weeks implementation of a BL process designed by the researchers. The research showed that the effect of the BL process on the persistence of the academic performance is more pronounced than that of face to face learning process. Keywords: Blended learning, academic performance, persistence in education