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Amine Boulahmel; Fahima Djelil; Gregory Smits – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2025
Self-regulated learning (SRL) theory comprises cognitive, metacognitive, and affective aspects that enable learners to autonomously manage their learning processes. This article presents a systematic literature review on the measurement of SRL in digital platforms, that compiles the 53 most relevant empirical studies published between 2015 and…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Educational Research, Classification, Educational Indicators
Damla Mustu Yaldiz; Saniye Kuleli; Ozlem Soydan Oktay; Nedime Selin Copgeven; Elif Akyol Emmungil; Yusuf Yildirim; Firat Sosuncu; Mehmet Firat – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2024
The e-learning domain has witnessed a shift from the traditional behavioral approach to an individual centered learning approach based on learning analytics, with the aim of creating personalized and learner sensitive designs. A systematic literature review of 284 articles published between 2011 and 2022 in 133 different journals was conducted to…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Personal Autonomy, Independent Study, Learning Processes
Heikkinen, Sami; Saqr, Mohammed; Malmberg, Jonna; Tedre, Matti – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
During the past years scholars have shown an increasing interest in supporting students' self-regulated learning (SRL). Learning analytics (LA) can be applied in various ways to identify a learner's current state of self-regulation and support SRL processes. It is important to examine how LA has been used to identify the need for support in…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Self Management, Learning Analytics, Intervention
Msafiri Mgambi Msambwa; Zhang Wen; Kangwa Daniel – European Journal of Education, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has extensively developed, impacting different sectors of society, including higher education, and has attracted the attention of various educational stakeholders, leading to a growing number of research on its integration into education. Hence, this systematic literature review examines the impact of integrating AI…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Cooperative Learning
Li, Yixun; Wang, Min – Educational Psychologist, 2023
Orthographic learning is the process that supports children in becoming skilled word readers. How orthographic learning occurs has been one of the central questions in the scientific studies of reading. The present systematic review focuses on experimental studies of orthographic learning via self-teaching. It explains and discusses the…
Descriptors: Orthographic Symbols, Learning Processes, Independent Study, Written Language
Vui-Yee Koon – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Scientific research on mobile learning and its implications on humanistic education has grown tremendously. Within the context of an overview of its forerunners (i.e. educational technology) and critical characteristics concerning the humanistic perspective in education, bibliometric findings on mobile learning publications in humanistic education…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Electronic Learning, Humanistic Education, Bibliometrics
Najoua Ghani; Mohamed Taiebine; Moulay Hassan Farih; Chakib Nejjari – Discover Education, 2025
Background: The healthcare and educational sectors in Africa are confronted with distinct challenges, such as an increasing population, a lack of adequately trained medical personnel, and insufficient educational resources. In this context, current medical education approaches may not be adequately preparing graduates to address these complex…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Problem Based Learning, Learning Processes, Information Retrieval
Guo, Lin – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: It has been assumed that prompting students to plan, monitor and evaluate their learning process could stimulate strategy use and thereby improve learning outcomes. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effects of metacognitive prompts on students' self-regulated learning (SRL) and learning outcomes in the context of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Independent Study, Learning Processes, Outcomes of Education
Morris, Thomas Howard; Rohs, Matthias – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Self-directed learning is a critical competence for living and working in our increasingly complex and unpredictable world. The concept of self-directed learning grew out of the adult learning field and scholars highlight the need to examine how self-directed learning competence can be fostered during childhood. However, there are very few…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Independent Study, Technology Uses in Education, Student Role
De-Chih Lee; Ching-Yi Chang – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
During the digital age, self-directed learning has emerged as an effective teaching strategy in designing class activities within the educational sphere, prompting an investigation into its impact on the effectiveness of instruction in the K-12 context. This article presents a meta-analysis aimed at examining the efficacy of self-directed learning…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Independent Study, Active Learning
Mirmoghtadaie, Zohrehsadat; Keshavarz, Mohsen; Kohan, Noushin; Ahmady, Soleiman – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
Identification of key factors affecting the self-directed learning process in the virtual environment of medical education is vital. In this article, we designed a model that describes the self-directed learning process in the virtual learning environment for post graduate students of medical sciences in Iran. This study was carried out in two…
Descriptors: Models, Independent Study, Virtual Classrooms, Medicine
Nurhayat, Riana; Suranto, Suranto; Dwiningrum, Siti Irene Astuti; Retnawati, Heri; Herwin, Herwin – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2023
This study aims to describe the effect of innovative learning on student achievement through meta-analysis. Data collection was carried out by documenting research produced from various sources collected via the internet in accordance with the title of this research. These articles were published from 2012 to 2022, from journal articles in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Learning Processes, Discovery Learning
Hooshyar, Danial; Kori, Külli; Pedaste, Margus; Bardone, Emanuele – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The main aim of the present study is to assess whether the open learner model (OLM) is capable of promoting students' active thinking by enhancing their self-regulation in online higher education learning environments. To this aim, we systematically reviewed the literature of the last three decades and found 67 articles, of which only a sample of…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Models
Gambo, Yusufu; Shakir, Muhammad Zeeshan – Smart Learning Environments, 2021
Despite the increasing use of the self-regulated learning process in the smart learning environment, understanding the concepts from a theoretical perspective and empirical evidence are limited. This study used a systematic review to explore models, design tools, support approaches, and empirical research on the self-regulated learning process in…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Processes, Electronic Learning, Learning Motivation
Yang, Yin; Wen, Yun; Song, Yanjie – Educational Technology & Society, 2023
The role of self-regulated learning in language learning has been widely acknowledged, and there is a growing number of studies on technology-enhanced self-regulated language learning (SRLL). This systematic review aims to provide a holistic picture of existing studies in this area by identifying the characteristics of published studies, the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Research Reports