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Antecedences to Continued Intentions of Adopting E-Learning System in Blended Learning Instruction: A Contingency Framework Based on Models of Information System Success and Task-Technology Fit
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Lin, Wen-Shan; Wang, Chun-Hsien – Computers & Education, 2012
The objective of this study is to propose a research framework that investigates the relation between perceived fit and system factors that can motivate learners in continuing utilizing an e-learning system in blended learning instruction. As learners have the face-to-face learning opportunity in interacting with lecturers, the study aims at…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Focus Groups, Online Courses
Laptopers in an Educational Practice: Promoting the Personal Learning Situation
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Lindroth, Tomas; Bergquist, Magnus – Computers & Education, 2010
In this article an ethnographical study of laptopers' activities during lectures in a university milieu is analyzed as different kinds of involvements. Through interviews and observations we have focused on how these involvements influence the laptopers' alignment towards the educational practice. The analysis shows the importance of separating…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Educational Practices, College Students, Lecture Method
Digital Storytelling for Enhancing Student Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, and Learning Motivation: A Year-Long Experimental Study
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Yang, Ya-Ting C.; Wu, Wan-Chi I. – Computers & Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of Digital storytelling (DST) on the academic achievement, critical thinking, and learning motivation of senior high school students learning English as a foreign language. The one-year study adopted a pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design involving 110 10th grade students in two English…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Performance of Senior High School Biology Students in Ghana
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Owusu, K. A.; Monney, K. A.; Appiah, J. Y.; Wilmot, E. M. – Computers & Education, 2010
This study investigated the comparative efficiency of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and conventional teaching method in biology on senior high school students. A science class was selected in each of two randomly selected schools. The pretest-posttest non equivalent quasi experimental design was used. The students in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, High Schools, Low Achievement
Pedagogical-Research Designs to Capture the Symbiotic Nature of Professional Knowledge and Learning about e-Learning in Initial Teacher Education in the UK
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Turvey, Keith – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper argues that if new communications technologies and online spaces are to yield "new relationship[s] with learners" then research that is tuned to recognize, capture and explain the pedagogical processes at the center of such interactions is vital. This has implications for the design of pedagogical activities within Initial…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Teachers, Research Design, Learning Strategies