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A Meta-Analysis of Eight Factors Influencing MOOC-Based Learning Outcomes across the World
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Zhonggen Yu; Wei Xu; Paisan Sukjairungwattana – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
With the development of information technologies, many learners opt to stay home receiving various forms of online education such as massive open online courses (MOOC). However, many learners and instructors complain that MOOC-based learning effectiveness has been dampened by many factors. Through a meta-analysis using Stata/MP 14.0, this study…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Outcomes of Education, Influences, Instructional Effectiveness
Encouraging Students' Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Examining the Interplay between Student Characteristics and the Situational Strength of Schools
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Runhaar, Piety; Wagenaar, Klaartje; Wesselink, Renate; Runhaar, Hens – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2019
The goal of this article is to understand how the pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) of secondary school students can be encouraged. In an exploratory study, we examine to what extent pro-environmental cues--that is, 'situational strength' (Mischel, Psychological Review, 80(4):252, 1973)--were present in schools and whether students in 'stronger'…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Student Characteristics, Conservation (Environment), Secondary School Students
Refining Success and Dropout in Massive Open Online Courses Based on the Intention-Behavior Gap
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Henderikx, Maartje A.; Kreijns, Karel; Kalz, Marco – Distance Education, 2017
In this paper we present an alternative typology for determining success and dropout in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This typology takes the perspectives of MOOC-takers into account and is based on the their intentions and subsequent behaviour. An explorative study using two MOOCs was carried out to test the applicability of the typology.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Success, Dropout Rate, Intention
The Role of Transformative Leadership, ICT-Infrastructure and Learning Climate in Teachers' Use of Digital Learning Materials during Their Classes
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Vermeulen, Marjan; Kreijns, Karel; van Buuren, Hans; Van Acker, Frederik – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
This study investigated whether school organizational variables (ie, transformative leadership (TL), ICT-infrastructure (technical and social) and organizational learning climate were related to teachers' dispositional variables (ie, attitude, perceived norm and perceived behavior control [PBC]). The direct and indirect influences of the…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Transformational Leadership, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Moving beyond Traditional Measures of Entrepreneurial Intentions in a Study among Life-Sciences Students in the Netherlands
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Lans, Thomas; Gulikers, Judith; Batterink, Maarten – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2010
The rationale behind this study is that entrepreneurship education programmes (EEP) in post-compulsory education mainly address entrepreneurial intentions, instead of actual entrepreneurial behaviour, and that students, compared to practicing entrepreneurs, might have a wide range of entrepreneurial intentions when entering such a programme. The…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries, Sciences