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Peterson, Sarah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Instructors are steadily incorporating collaborative learning technology into their online classes to help promote effective learning strategies. A learning management system (LMS), such as Blackboard, offers their own collaborative technologies, but some instructors are turning to free and open source system (FOSS) to conduct these collaborative…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Learning Management Systems, Open Educational Resources, Cooperative Learning
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Tan, Yingchun; Yang, Jie; Yao, Chunlin – Athens Journal of Education, 2022
Blended learning is an increasingly prevalent trend in College English acquisition. This research seeks to study the influence of a blended learning environment to English acquisition, and the differences between the high-achieving learners and the low-achieving learners for Chinese minority preparation college students in English acquisition.…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Nursing Students
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Adkins-Jablonsky, Sarah J.; Shaffer, Justin F.; Morris, J. Jeffrey; England, Ben; Raut, Samiksha – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
Anxiety can impact overall performance and persistence in college. Student response systems (SRSs), real-time active-learning technologies used to engage students and gauge their understanding, have been shown to elicit anxiety for some students. Kahoot! is an SRS technology that differs from others in that it involves gamification, the use of…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Anxiety, Introductory Courses, Biology
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Reed, Phil; Reay, Emma – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
This study explored the relationship between problematic levels of Internet use and motivation to study in a university sample. One hundred and sixty-two participants were recruited online and completed four questionnaires: Internet Addiction Test, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Emotional-Social Loneliness Scale, and the Motivated…
Descriptors: College Students, Internet, Student Motivation, Learning Strategies
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Kim, ChanMin; Park, Seung Won; Cozart, Joe; Lee, Hyewon – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
Engagement and motivation are not one and the same, but motivation can be transformed into engagement with proper design of support. In this study, we examined the differences between high performers and low performers with regard to changes in their motivation, regulation, and engagement throughout the semester. Participants were 100 students…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Virtual Classrooms, Online Courses
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Hood, Michelle – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
This study examined predictors of students' intentions to access face-to-face (f2f) or online options for lectures and tutorials in a buffet-style blended learning 2nd-year psychology statistics course ("N" = 113; 84% female). Students were aged 18 to 51 years ("M" = 23.16; "SD"= 6.80). Practical and technological…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Intention, Online Courses, Computer Software
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Ku, David Tawei; Chang, Chiung-Sui – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
This paper explores students' learning styles in relation to learning strategies in web-based learning environments, and in particular, how academic discipline and gender differences affect learning styles and learning strategies in web-based learning for college students in Taiwan. The results show that regardless of learning strategy, academic…
Descriptors: College Students, Cognitive Style, Intellectual Disciplines, Foreign Countries
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Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing
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Solimeno, Andrea; Mebane, Minou Ella; Tomai, Manuela; Francescato, Donata – Computers & Education, 2008
In this paper we compared the efficacy of face-to-face and computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) in increasing academic knowledge and professional competences. We also explored how students' personality characteristics and learning strategies and teachers' characteristics were associated with better learning outcomes in online or…
Descriptors: Time Management, Learning Strategies, Personality Traits, Psychology
Davis, Sarah – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This paper explores the benefits of the design elements of public anonymity and private accountability in classroom Knowledge Sharing Systems (KSS). The major findings of this study indicate that classroom KSS have the potential to allow for greater equity of input, reduce academic anxiety, increase teachers knowledge of student understanding …
Descriptors: Student Participation, Accountability, Internet, Learning Strategies