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Online Learning Performance and Satisfaction: Do Perceptions and Readiness Matter?
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Wei, Huei-Chuan; Chou, Chien – Distance Education, 2020
The current study proposes a comprehensive structural model to determine whether online learning perceptions and online learning readiness affect students' online learning performance and course satisfaction. A questionnaire was voluntarily completed by 356 undergraduate students enrolled in a cross-campus, general education, asynchronous online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness, Student Satisfaction, Online Courses
Validation of the Online Learning Readiness Self-Check Survey
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Cheon, Jongpil; Cheng, Jiaming; Cho, Moon-Heum – Distance Education, 2021
This study reports the development and validation of the Online Learning Readiness Self-Check (OLRSC), a self-report survey designed to examine nontraditional students' readiness for online learning. A total of 505 prospective online learners with diverse background participated in the study. Data from 252 randomly selected participants were used…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Self Concept Measures, Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness
The Role of Partnerships in Academic Capacity Building in Open and Online Distance Education
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van den Berg, Geesje; Joffe, Muriel; Porto, Stella C. S. – Distance Education, 2016
In many parts of the world online education is still taking shape and faces many obstacles, including insufficient numbers of professionals prepared to teach using new technologies. This paper is a case study of academic capacity building to determine how a partnership between the University of South Africa (Unisa) and the University of Maryland…
Descriptors: Role, Partnerships in Education, Capacity Building, Foreign Countries
Towards Identifying Factors Underlying Readiness for Online Learning: An Exploratory Study.
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Smith, Peter J.; Murphy, Karen L.; Mahoney, Sue E. – Distance Education, 2003
Describes a test of the potential value of McVay's (2000) Readiness for Online Learning questionnaire on 107 undergraduates in the United States and Australia. Discusses results of a reliability analysis and a factor analysis, which indicated the instruments' usefulness for research and practice and suggests further work to establish predictive…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Readiness
Predictors of Learner Satisfaction in an Academic Computer Conference.
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Gunawardena, Charlotte N.; Duphorne, Patsy L. – Distance Education, 2000
This study tested the Adult Distance Study through Computer Conferencing (ADSCC) model to determine if learner readiness, online features, and computer mediated communication learning approaches are associated with learner satisfaction in an academic computer conference. All three variables were correlated with learner satisfaction, with online…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Correlation, Distance Education