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Sun, Yan; Rogers, Reenay – American Journal of Distance Education, 2021
This study reports the development and validation of the Online Learning Self-efficacy Scale (OLSS) for online students. The original 73 OLSS items, developed through a comprehensive review of literature and a content and validity review process by a panel of education graduate students and faculty members, were sent out through a survey to the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Electronic Learning, Self Efficacy
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Cohen, Lizi; Magen-Nagar, Noga – American Journal of Distance Education, 2016
This study, conducted in Israel, examined how learning strategies and motivational orientations contributed to high school students' sense of achievement in a massive open online course. The objective was to integrate an innovative teaching-learning strategy into the educational system that is based on online learning for students in subjects that…
Descriptors: High School Students, Self Management, Online Courses, Learning Strategies
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Topchyan, Ruzanna; Zhang, Jie – American Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was twofold. First, the study aimed to validate the scale of the Virtual Team Competency Inventory in distance education, which had initially been designed for a corporate setting. Second, the methodological advantages of Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) framework over Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teamwork, Competence, Measures (Individuals)
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Al-Harthi, Aisha S. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2010
This study investigated cultural variations between two samples of Arab and American distance learners (N = 190). The overarching purpose was to chart the underlying relationships between learner self-regulation and cultural orientation within distance education environments using structural equation modeling. The study found significant…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Distance Education, Arabs, Cultural Differences