Agile Transformation on Hybrid Learning in the UAE

Abstract

Most governments are currently incorporating new changes in their systems to respond to their citizens' ever-changing needs effectively. Improvements in digitization and the need for a flexible learning environment have stirred the adoption of hybrid learning within the MoE in the UAE. The current study aims to identify the effect of hybrid learning on student academic success and achievements. Data was collected using the secondary sources of previous research studies. Fifty research findings were analyzed from 55 quantitative studies published between 2015 and 2021. The sample of relevant research studies was selected from a database of peer-reviewed and scholarly articles and examined using the Meta-analysis technique. Variables such as the discipline, education level, and publication type were used as the mediating variables. The results obtained in the random effect model show a significant effect of hybrid learning on student achievements. It was also concluded that hybrid learning in sciences had the most significant effect size on student achievement. This research explores the impacts of these findings and offers recommendations for future research.

Purpose: This study aims to conduct a meta-analysis on previous research studies to identify the effect of hybrid learning on student academic success and achievements

Methodology/Approach: Data was collected using the secondary sources of previous research studies. Fifty research findings were analyzed from 55 quantitative studies published between 2015 and 2021. The sample of relevant research studies was selected from a database of peer-reviewed and scholarly articles and examined using the Meta-analysis technique. Variables such as the discipline, education level, and publication type were used as the mediating variables.

Findings: The results obtained in the random effect model show an indicative effect of hybrid learning on student achievements. The study found that hybrid learning had a significant impact on student academic achievement, with sciences indicating the largest effect size on student achievement.

Research limitations: The analysis of the current research is based on previous studies and was limited to fifty articles published between 2015 and 2021.

Research implications: The research findings will inform the MoE within the UAE on the role of hybrid learning on student academic achievement and the future direction of hybrid learning.

Originality/value of paper: The report analysis provides a reference for implementing hybrid learning and promotes its development over traditional learning.

Keywords: Student success, Academic achievement, agile transformation, Meta-Analysis, Hybrid Learning

Paper type: Research paper