Transitioning into Fully Blended Learning:
A Model for Faculty Blended
Learning Adoption
Ahmed Antwi-Boampong
Aalborg University, Denmark
E-mail: aan@es.aau.dk
Received 10 December 2020; Accepted 25 February 2021;
Publication 03 February 2023
Abstract
Higher education institutions the world over is turning to Blended Learning
(BL) as the preferred teaching and learning delivery approach. However, to
attain campus-wide adoption requires an understanding of the influencing
factors that motivate academics towards teaching in BL mode. Given this
context, this paper presents findings from a qualitative study that investigates
the lived experiences of academics as they adopt BL for teaching and learning
in a Ghanaian university. Adopting a Grounded Theory as the methodology
for this research within a sequential qualitative research design, data was
collected from multiple sources. Primary data was obtained from in-depth
interviews of 22 academics carried out to understand how they construct and
navigate the BL teaching experiences. Secondary data was obtained from
policy documents, faculty training signing sheets and Learning Management
Systems (LMS) activity logs. The data was analysed using the constant
comparative method and thematic analysis and triangulated to organize the
themes and concepts for the proposed model. The outcome of the analytical
process is theorized into an adoption model and grounded in the litera-
ture. The findings of the research provide very useful and practical model
Journal of NBICT, Vol. 1, 1–36.
doi: 10.13052/nbjict1902-097X.2023.001
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