Intention of Hybrid Learning for Students Deprived of Liberty (Inmates of the San Roque de Sucre Penitentiary)

Abstract

The intention is to professionalize those deprived of liberty at the San Roque penitentiary center in the city of Sucre by incorporating a hybrid educational model (HL) (online and in-person). For the study, structural equation models were applied, which combine Perceived Social Capacity and Disposition to Online Learning and Perceived Usefulness of Technology in Online Learning, all of these constructs have positive effects to validate the Intention of Online Learning. Of the population of 575 people deprived of liberty, 70 entrepreneurial inmates were considered for the study, who are willing to do hybrid learning to improve their skills. The results show that the inmates accept the use of HL that will be useful in their current and future learning process, improving their social skills and their reintegration into society. The contribution of the study is the combination of the hybrid model, online learning (theory and simulation) complemented with in-person training regarding practices and laboratories. The HL model has not been exhaustively explored in research with students deprived of liberty. Additionally, the findings can help university educators improve curricular designs to incorporate more effective and efficient HL environments that meet the needs of inmates.