Papers by William J. Shebansky
TESL Canada Journal
The integration of blended learning is well underway across diverse educational settings. Along w... more The integration of blended learning is well underway across diverse educational settings. Along with this shift in instructional method are obstacles and accompanying research. There has been less interest, however, in examining the adoption of blended learning in English as a second language (ESL) contexts. This study investigates what factors most influence instructors to adopt blended learning in different ESL settings. This research is informed by the work of Porter, Graham, Bodily, and Sandberg (2015) in a university context. Utilizing the same frameworks in a mixed methods exploratory research design, I surveyed 48 ESL instructors from three different ESL settings, then followed up with interviews of nine Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) instructors. Quantitative data point to similarities in the factors that most influence the technology-adoption decisions of instructors across different ESL settings, primarily the ability to quickly upload and download mat...
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Papers by William J. Shebansky