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Manca, Stefania; Raffaghelli, Juliana Elisa – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Holocaust memory and learning processes have become increasingly mediatised as a result of rapid technological advances. There is, however, little information available regarding how people learn about this topic informally through social media. Objectives: This paper explores how adult learners develop their learning ecologies by…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Social Media, Learning
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Yujen Ho – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background Study: Asynchronous online discussions are vital venues for collaborative knowledge construction. However, the lack of appropriate instruction designs poses challenges in promoting deep and substantive engagement with the core subject matter. This paper explores how to enhance adult students' knowledge construction in the context of…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Adult Students, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design
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Blieck, Yves; Kauwenberghs, Kurt; Zhu, Chang; Struyven, Katrien; Pynoo, Bram; DePryck, Koen – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019
Online and blended learning (OBL) is valued, but it also offers challenges. Literature indicates that OBL can enhance access to education and increase flexibility for students. However, the reported dropout rates indicate that student participation in OBL programmes is a concern. Scientifically valid knowledge about how factors that help students…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Liu, Gi-Zen; Rahimi, Masoud; Fathi, Jalil – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: The transition from teacher-centred towards student-centred approaches in English language teaching, accompanied by developments in educational technology, has attracted researchers' attention to reverse teaching or flipped class. The related literature asserts that this mode of instruction might influence instructors' and students'…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chu, R. J-C.; Tsai, C-C. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
This article examines several research questions to establish a theory model for explaining factors that influence adult learners' preferences for constructivist Internet-based learning environments (CILE). Data were gathered from 541 individual participants enrolled in adult education institutes in Taiwan for structural equation modelling (SEM)…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Learning Readiness, Self Efficacy, Adult Basic Education
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Sakar, Asim; Ercetin, Gulcan – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2005
This study first explores intermediate-level English learners' preferences for hypermedia annotations while they are engaged in reading a hypermedia text. Second, it examines whether multimedia annotations facilitate reading comprehension in the second language. The participants were 44 adult learners of English as a foreign language studying…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English for Academic Purposes, Hypermedia, Adult Students