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Download full textSharon Tzur; Nitza Davidovitch; Adi Katz; Aleksandra Gerkerova – European Educational Researcher, 2025
This study examines how interactions in class WhatsApp groups impact students' motivation and academic achievements. The research incorporates both qualitative and quantitative analyses to explore associations between various types of interactions and academic performance. Key findings reveal a strong positive correlation between students'…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Peer Relationship, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Direct linkRebekah Leigh Hannon – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this action research was to determine if motivation and perception of adult learners enrolled in a GED program at the Small Town Adult Education Center in South Carolina were affected by the use of communicative technologies and improved student-teacher relationships. This study focused on three overarching research questions. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Student Relationship
Menzies, Rachel; Petrie, Karen; Zarb, Mark – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
Many students are looking to appropriate social networking sites, amongst them, Facebook, to enhance their learning experience. A growing body of literature reports on the motivation of students and staff to engage with Facebook as a learning platform as well as mapping such activities to pedagogy and curricula. This paper presents student…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Media, Social Networks, Focus Groups
Costley, Jamie; Lange, Christopher – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Semi-formal learning is used to describe learning that is directed towards the goals of a formal learning institution but outside of the learning structure of a specific class. Students studying online may form semi-formal groups to increase their knowledge of the content by interacting with other learners taking the same class. This study of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
Lawanto, Oenardi; Santoso, Harry B.; Lawanto, Kevin N.; Goodridge, Wade – Journal of Educators Online, 2017
The objective of this study was to evaluate students' self-regulated learning (SRL) skills used in a Web-intensive learning environment. The research question guiding the study was: How did the use of student SRL skills and student engagement in online activities compare between higher- and lower-performing students participating in a…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Control, Web Based Instruction, Learner Engagement
Feng, Mingyu, Ed.; Käser, Tanja, Ed.; Talukdar, Partha, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2023
The Indian Institute of Science is proud to host the fully in-person sixteenth iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) during July 11-14, 2023. EDM is the annual flagship conference of the International Educational Data Mining Society. The theme of this year's conference is "Educational data mining for…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Cheating
Sun, Susan Y. H. – Distance Education, 2014
This study builds on this author's 2011 article in which the author reflects on the pedagogical challenges and resultant changes made while teaching two fully online foreign language papers over a four-year period (Y. H. S. Sun (2011). Online language teaching: The pedagogical challenges. "Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Second Language Learning
Karakas, Ali – Teaching English with Technology, 2011
This article will provide an overview of whether students have positive motivational attitudes towards the use of computers for writing and communication. Firstly, it summarizes the basic theories of motivation and then explains the relationship between language and motivation, and the use of computers and motivation. Then, it aims to explore the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Gomez, Elizabeth Avery; Wu, Dezhi; Passerini, Katia – Computers & Education, 2010
The benefits of teamwork and collaboration have long been advocated by many educational theories, such as constructivist and social learning models. Among the various applications of collaborative learning, the iterative team-based learning (TBL) process proposed by Michaelsen, Fink, and Knight (2002) has been successfully used in the classroom…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Socialization, Educational Theories, Teamwork
Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The 23rd EUROCALL conference was held in Cyprus from the 24th to the 27th of August 2016. The theme of the conference this year was "CALL Communities and Culture." It offered a unique opportunity to hear from real-world CALL practitioners on how they practice CALL in their communities, and how the CALL culture has developed in local and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Roper, Alan R. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2007
More and more, adult learners are finding the convenience and flexibility of online learning a match for their learning goals and busy lifestyles. Online degree programs, courses, and virtual universities targeting adult learners have proliferated in the past decade. Although students can easily locate an online course or degree program that's…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Online Courses, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Peer reviewedMoore, Michael G. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2001
Discusses issues involved in electronically delivered distance education courses in higher education relating to the role of faculty. Topics include preparation, presentation, and participation; content considerations; writing skills; student motivation; involving students in their learning by encouraging interaction and communication; and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Course Content, Distance Education, Higher Education
Chyung, Seung Youn – Journal of Educators Online, 2007
In a face-to-face classroom, the instructor can easily diagnose students' motivational status by observing their facial expressions and postures, but such cues are absent in an online classroom. Therefore, online instructors often estimate students' motivational level based on their online behavior such as the number of messages they post, and…
Descriptors: Cues, Learning Strategies, Adult Learning, Adult Students
