Blended Learning: Attitudes, Satisfaction, Academic Performance and Online Communication in Processes of University Training

The main purpose of this study/paper is to get to know the attitudes, satisfaction, and academic performance of undergraduate students who participate in Blended Learning courses as well as their use of online communication tools. A quantitative and qualitative methodology of the collection and analysis of data (questionnaires, discussion groups and analysis of online communication) was used to understand how this new training method was developed in 334 undergraduate students. Students showed a positive attitude toward the internet and the method was presented as satisfactory for students and it appeared to increase academic performance. Results showed that the uses made by students in discussion forums were fundamentally focused on social and informal aspects.

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