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Nakic, Jelena; Granic, Andrina; Glavinic, Vlado – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
This study brings an evidence-based review of user individual characteristics employed as sources of adaptation in recent adaptive learning systems. Twenty-two user individual characteristics were explored in a systematically designed search procedure, while 17 of them were identified as sources of adaptation in final selection. The content…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Cognitive Ability, Educational Technology, Web Based Instruction
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Tarhini, Ali; Hone, Kate; Liu, Xiaohui – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
The success of an e-learning intervention depends to a considerable extent on student acceptance and use of the technology. Therefore, it has become imperative for practitioners and policymakers to understand the factors affecting the user acceptance of e-learning systems in order to enhance the students' learning experience. Based on an extended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Electronic Learning
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Falvo, David A.; Suits, Jerry P. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
This study investigates the effects of using both specific labels and diagrammatic arrows in the animation of salt dissolution. Four different versions of the animation served as treatments that were developed based upon principles of educational technology and cognitive psychology. The researchers studied the effects of spatial ability (high or…
Descriptors: Animation, Chemistry, Educational Technology, Spatial Ability
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Spence, Dianna J.; Usher, Ellen L. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
This research applied Bandura's (1986) social cognitive theory to examine engagement with courseware in traditional and online remedial mathematics learning environments. The study investigated the relationship of courseware engagement to age, computer self-efficacy, computer playfulness, and self-efficacy for self-regulated mathematics learning.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement, Courseware
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Thompson, Lori Foster; Lynch, Brian J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
Despite the potential benefits of Web-based Instruction (WBI), not everyone welcomes online learning opportunities. This study examined the psychological processes underlying opposition to WBI by collecting survey data from 257 learners enrolled in a large southeastern university. Results supported the hypothesis that those with weak Internet…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Self Efficacy
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Van Zele, Els; Vandaele, Pieter; Botteldooren, Dick; Lenaerts, Josephina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
This article describes the implementation and evaluation of a learning objects based computer aided system for an advanced engineering course at Ghent University, Belgium. A new syllabus concept was introduced: students had access to a Web-delivered component and received an identical printed component as two sources of information additional to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Engineering Education, Higher Education