Exploration of the Impacts of Blended Learning in Higher Education Using CBDLHFCM
D. Durai Arul Durga Devi1, J. Femila Mercy Rani2, P. Vijayalakshmi3, C. Yamini4, Nivetha Martin5
1D. Durai Arul Durga Devi, Department of Mathematics, PSNACET, Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), India.
2J. Femila Mercy Rani, Department of Mathematics, PSNACET, Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), India.
3P. Vijayalakshmi, Department of Mathematics, PSNACET, Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), India.
4C. Yamini, Department of Mathematics, PSNACET, Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), India.
5Nivetha Martin, Department of Mathematics, Arul Anandar College (Autonomous), Karumathur (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 28 March 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 09 April 2019 | Manuscript Published on 18 April 2019 | PP: 962-966 | Volume-7 Issue-6S March 2019 | Retrieval Number: F03960376S19/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Digitalization, the fashion of this era has turned the world digital, and its impacts are felt in almost all the fields and education is not an exception to it. The conventional mode of teaching and learning is getting supplemented by online mode of interaction embedded with a variety of advanced technology. Presently the grant of access to online courses in higher education by ministry of Human Resource Development of India has added value to blended learning and emphasizes the need of it. The enhancement of Indian higher education to international standards can be attained by blended learning. It is indeed much essential to analyze the impacts of blended learning in higher education, which is the intention and aim of this paper. Systematic examination and precise inference are the outcomes of employing Fuzzy cognitive Maps, a decision making mathematical tool. In this paper the method of Combined Disjoint Block Hexagonal Linguistic Fuzzy Cognitive Maps CBDLHFCM is used to explore the effects of blended learning in higher education, which is the need of the hour.
Keywords: Blended Learning, Impacts, Higher Education, Combined Disjoint Block, Fuzzy Cognitive Map, Hexagonal Fuzzy Number.
Scope of the Article: Smart Learning and Innovative Education Systems