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The Effect of Intrinsic Motivation and Environmental Cues on Social Creativity
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Ma, Xiaoqing; Bie, Zhi; Li, Chun; Gu, Chuanhua; Li, Qianqian; Tan, Yuanyuan; Tian, MengYuan; Fan, Cuiying – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Motivation is key to the generation of creative ideas, intrinsic motivation is the core driving force of creativity. Researchers believe that individuals with higher intrinsic motivation will produce higher novelty and flexibility. Creativity may also be influenced by environmental cues, which are objects in the environment that individuals can…
Descriptors: Creativity, Motivation, Social Behavior, Environment
University Membership through Immersive Virtual Environments and a Sense of Belongingness
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Mauricio E. Reyes; Ricardo Cruz; Ivan Meza – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
In this work, we study the feeling of membership in undergraduate students who interact with their higher education institution through a virtual environment. We explore the "Centro de Investigaciones en Diseño Industrial" (CIDI) case, in which a virtual environment was built using the Roblox platform to enhance the online experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
Honest Distant Education: Do Expectations Differ from Reality? The Viewpoint of Freshmen
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Mariya, Begunova; Qingyu, Xu – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The article is aimed at examination of the first-year students' opinion about distance education, as well as their social behaviour and academic performance during online English language classes in Kazakhstan. The initial survey was conducted among the freshmen of the four biggest universities of Kazakhstan: KazUIR&WL after Ablai khan, KazNU…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Expectation, College Freshmen
Social Isolation & Toxic Behavior of Students in E-Learning: Evidence during the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Asadullah Khaskheli; Yushi Jiang; Syed Ali Raza; Sara Qamar Yousufi – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
The global COVID-19 pandemic has led educational institutions to shut down and adopt e-learning practices through computer-mediated communication. An unanticipated switch of online classes from face-to-face classes isolates students from social groups and teachers, causing online disinhibition. Therefore, this paper investigates factors…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Student Behavior, Electronic Learning, COVID-19
Examining the Moderating Effect of Individual-Level Cultural Values on Users' Acceptance of E-Learning in Developing Countries: A Structural Equation Modeling of an Extended Technology Acceptance Model
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Tarhini, Ali; Hone, Kate; Liu, Xiaohui; Tarhini, Takwa – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
In this study, we examine the effects of individual-level culture on the adoption and acceptance of e-learning tools by students in Lebanon using a theoretical framework based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). To overcome possible limitations of using TAM in developing countries, we extend TAM to include "subjective norms" (SN)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Adoption (Ideas), Models
Pattern of Non-Task Interactions in Asynchronous Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Courses
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Abedin, Babak; Daneshgar, Farhad; D'Ambra, John – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
Despite the importance of the non-task interactions in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments as emphasized in the literature, few studies have investigated online behavior of people in the CSCL environments. This paper studies the pattern of non-task interactions among postgraduate students in an Australian university. The…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Graduate Students