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Arthika Rajaratnam – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2025
The worldwide education system has experienced new-normal mode of teaching and learning with the prime support of the real-time online platforms especially during COVID-19 pandemic. However, the existing body of knowledge has not sufficiently dealt with it. To explore the student's intention to use the real-time online learning, Theory of Planned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Electronic Learning, Synchronous Communication
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Light, Daniel; Pierson, Elizabeth – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2014
Khan Academy, an online platform offering educational videos and exercises in different content areas, has awakened intense interest among foundations, multilateral organizations, policy makers, and educators about how this tool can help meet the educational challenges facing countries around the world. With support from Intel, Education…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Learner Engagement, Educational Technology
Gustafson, Kathleen Yoshino – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Online learning in higher education has increased substantially over the past five years with community colleges in the forefront of most of this growth. The California Community Colleges System, the nation's largest higher education system, has increased its online offerings among its 110 colleges. But student success rates for online learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Community Colleges, Online Courses, Social Sciences
Cunningham, Carlton A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Technology enhancements of the past two decades have not successfully overcome the problem of low motivation in Kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12). Motivation and math achievement have been identified as major factors contributing to the high school dropout problem (30-50% in traditional/online programs). The impact of extrinsic rewards on…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Dropouts, Online Courses
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Wang, Tzu-Hua – Computers & Education, 2011
This research refers to the self-regulated learning strategies proposed by Pintrich (1999) in developing a multiple-choice Web-based assessment system, the Peer-Driven Assessment Module of the Web-based Assessment and Test Analysis system (PDA-WATA). The major purpose of PDA-WATA is to facilitate learner use of self-regulatory learning behaviors…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Student Motivation, Internet, Junior High School Students
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Paechter, Manuela; Maier, Brigitte; Macher, Daniel – Computers & Education, 2010
Within only a few years, the use of e-learning has increased rapidly in Austria. In certain subjects, up to 60% of university students report using e-learning platforms at least "sometimes" or "frequently" (Unger & Wroblewski, 2006). Yet, which aspects of e-learning do students consider important for their learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Artino, Anthony R., Jr.; Stephens, Jason M. – Internet and Higher Education, 2009
To succeed in autonomous online learning environments, it helps to be a highly motivated, self-regulated learner. The present study explored potential differences between undergraduate (n = 87) and graduate students (n = 107) in their levels of academic motivation and self-regulation while learning online. In particular, this study provides a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Self Efficacy, Online Courses, Critical Thinking
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Hung, Min-Ling; Chou, Chien; Chen, Chao-Hsiu; Own, Zang-Yuan – Computers & Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a multidimensional instrument for college students' readiness for online learning. Through a confirmatory factor analysis, the Online Learning Readiness Scale (OLRS) was validated in five dimensions: self-directed learning, motivation for learning, computer/Internet self-efficacy, learner…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness, Self Efficacy, Learning Motivation
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Laurie C. Blondy – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2007
The usefulness and application of andragogical assumptions has long been debated by adult educators. The assumptions of andragogy are often criticized due to the lack of empirical evidence to support them, even though several educational theories are represented within the assumptions. In adult online education, these assumptions represent an…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Adult Learning, Online Courses, Electronic Learning