Abstract—This paper presented the blended instructional model to encourage collaboration skill for adult learners. the theoretical perspectives and related researches were analyzed and synthesized, then applied at developing the blended instructional model to encourage SDU adult learners’ collaboration skill and investigating the opinions of experts. This blended instructional model revealed that ten components consisted of 1) iPad 2) iTunes U and other apps, 3) Internet network, 4) learner, 5) teacher, 6) ICT support staff, 7) learning objective, 8) lesson content, 9) instructional activity and 10) work piece as well as three major procedures for encouraging collaboration included 3T or (1) Think (2) Talk and (3) Task. The results of this study will be a prototype for instruction of adult learners in a bachelor level and help lecturers design their curricula with iPad to gain more interesting in the learning activities.

Index Terms—Adult learner, blended instructional model, collaboration skill, iPad.

The authors are with Department of Language Literacy and Communication, Suan Dusit University, Bangkok, Thailand (email: kanpabhat@gmail.com).

Cite: Kanpabhat Suwanwihok, Pornpen Lekdeesed, Anyamas Phoophet, "Blended Instructional Model to Encourage Adult Learners’ Collaboration Skill," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 366-372, 2019.