Vol. 6 (11) pp. 409-417 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8012

THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF UTILIZING UNIVERSITY BLENDED LEARNING ON STUDENTS' ACQUIRING AND MAINTAINING INFORMATION IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION NETWORK.

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The current study informed us thoroughly about the students' acquiring and maintaining information when utilizing university blended learning in teaching both (computer network) in the departmentof computer and (information network) in the department of information and libraries technologies.The current study aims at identifying the impact of utilizing university blended learning in teaching both (computer network) in the departmentof computer and (information network) in the department of information and libraries technologies on students' acquiring and maintaining information and practical experience, since this is considered as the main goal of the technical education, in order to meet the needs of the private and public sectors. The specimen of the current research consisted of 34 female and male students from each department. These students studied in The Technical Institute of Mosul in the years 2012-2013. In each department, through the main semester, a certain subject was chosen for the practical part and the plans for teaching this subject were set. Also, both an independent and a multiple tests were prepared, then the true and false results were calculated.The study was continued in the second semester, and it was applied on two stages, where in the first stage the students in each department were given the certain subject by utilizing the ordinary traditional procedure, which obliges the students to attend the class, while in the second stage, the same students were taught the same subjects, in a similar period of time, by utilizing the traditional procedures as well as using the world web to obtain more practical and modern information to enhance their education. After each stage, a final test was conducted, then the results were analyzed by using certain programs and statistical methods. The final conclusion was that the students showed more mastery in acquiring and maintaining the information. This proves that using the educational aids, internet and the virtual library has a very positive effect in promoting the students marks in the two departments.

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Firas Shawkat Hamid, Mohammed k. Hussain and Amir m. Nory. (2018); THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF UTILIZING UNIVERSITY BLENDED LEARNING ON STUDENTS' ACQUIRING AND MAINTAINING INFORMATION IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION NETWORK., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 6 (11), 409-417, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8012

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FIRAS SHAWKAT HAMID
Northern Technical University / Mosul Technical Institute
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