The Resurrection of the First Accounting Course

Abstract

The occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic during the spring 2020 semester required the face-to-face first accounting course for the first half of the semester to convert purely online for the second half of the semester, creating a version of a blended teaching method. There has been scarce research conducted on blended teaching in the first accounting course in higher education. This research question asked if the blended teaching method created during the Covid-19 Pandemic could resurrect the first accounting course from the results of a student survey and focus group. The results suggested that implementing the blended teaching method in the first accounting course may not only improve the efficiency and effectiveness for the university and the instructor, but most importantly, the satisfaction of the 21st century student resulting in the resurrection of the first accounting course.