The  reliability and validity of research, which have been discussed in both quantitative research and qualitative research, have to be reconsidered for mixed methods in order to reflect the multiple methods of establishing the research’s trustworthiness. ![]() The design of mixed methods used in this study mainly adopted Creswell and Plano Clark’s (2011) follow-up explanations variant of the explanatory sequential design of mixed methods. This paper presents the study’s mixed methods designed to explore how students’ English proficiency, online instructor guidance and online collaboration influence the students’ online learning in an introductory information technology course offered by Hong Kong’s cyber higher education.
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