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Download full textChou, Pao-Nan – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2013
The purpose of this study is to examine the phenomenon of successful online learning, defined as a higher academic performance (A or 90) and to find if there is the evidence to confirm the role of self-directed learning in the online graduate-level courses. A qualitative method was used to analyze learners' perceptions of online learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Graduate Students, Electronic Learning, Independent Study
Direct linkGorissen, Chantal J. J.; Kester, Liesbeth; Brand-Gruwel, Saskia; Martens, Rob – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
This study focuses on learning in three different hypermedia environments that either support autonomous learning, learner-controlled learning or system-controlled learning and explores the mediating role of academic self-regulation style (ASRS; i.e. a macro level of motivation) on learning. This research was performed to gain more insight in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Independent Study
Lewis, S.; Whiteside, A.; Garrett Dikkers, A. – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2014
In this three-year, mixed methods case study, the benefits and challenges of online learning for at-risk high school students were examined. A key finding was that at-risk students identify the benefits and challenges of online learning to be the same. While students appreciate the opportunity to work ahead and study at their own pace, they see it…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Electronic Learning, Educational Benefits
Eneau, Jerome; Develotte, Christine – ReCALL, 2012
This study concerns the development of autonomy in adult learners working on an online learning platform as part of a professional master's degree programme in "French as a Foreign Language". Our goal was to identify the influence of reflective and collaborative dimensions on the construction of autonomy for online learners in this programme. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Student Problems, Adult Learning
Blin, Francoise – ReCALL, 2004
While the concepts and principles associated with learner autonomy underpin a broad range of CALL applications and research projects, current debates and research paradigms in CALL do not provide adequate tools and models to investigate in depth the relationship between CALL and the development of learner autonomy. This paper explores the…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Personal Autonomy, Research Methodology, Learner Controlled Instruction
