Blended Learning in Moroccan High Schools: Perspectives and Challenges in its Implementation and Use

Abstract

This study investigates Moroccan high school students’ blended learning experience. Particularly, the present study aims to investigate students’ perceived impact and benefits of blended learning on their learning process, as well as the main challenges that could have hindered the successful implementation of blended learning. The study tries to address three main research questions. The first question tackles students’ perceived impact of blended learning on their learning progress. The second question is devoted to identifying students’ perceived benefits of blended learning, while the third research question deals with students’ perceived challenges of blended learning. Conducting this study is important to gain in-depth understanding of the main benefits and challenges of implementing blended learning in high schools in order to guarantee a successful implementation of this new mode of instruction in cases of emergency such as the previous lockdown. The study uses both a questionnaire and interviews. The questionnaire was administered to 204 high school students while 30 students were chosen for a semi-structured interview. The results revealed that while blended learning was perceived to have several benefits for the students, students faced some challenges during the online part of blended learning.