One of the objectives of Malaysia Ministry of Education is to provide educational opportunities
for all Malaysians. Are education opportunities given fairly to all Malaysians who come from two big regions and
divided by the South China Sea? The web infancy era, where the World Wide Web (WWW) is blooming fast, has
changed the new millennium teaching and learning process tremendously. Although the online learning can reach
to students regardless of their location and backgrounds, human contact is still very important in traditional
face-to-face learning. Blended learning course comprising online learning and traditional face-to-face learning
components is an effective teaching and learning method, where it combines the best from both worlds. Blended
learning courses only started a few years ago in Malaysia higher learning institutions to give everybody equal
opportunities to study. The key acceptance of blended learning approach and continuing improvement is students’
satisfaction. This study focused on students’ satisfaction related to the nine components of blended learning
(course content, technical, flexibility, community learning, motivation, sharing, feedback, complementary learning
and personalized learning) from two locations: urban and rural areas. The study employed a mixed method
consisting of a survey questionnaire distributed first to collect the quantitative data and followed by the interview
to refine and explain the data. The population of the study consisted of students who enrolled in the Mathematics
Blended Learning Course in Sarawak state in semester July-November, 2007. Census was used in the study. The
survey instrument was developed and validated using Rasch model. The semi-structured questionnaire was used in
qualitative data collection. The quantitative data was analyzed by using SPSS v14.0 whilst the qualitative data was
coded by using NVivo software. Results from the quantitative data showed that students were satisfied in all nine
components regardless of the location. The grand mean of all components also indicated that respondents were
satisfied with blended learning course. This result was supported by the qualitative data. (Authors' abstract)