The Motivation and Experience of Distance Learning Engineering Programmes Students: A Study of Non-Traditional, Returning, Evening, and Adult Students

Autor/in	Dos Santos, Luis Miguel
Titel	The Motivation and Experience of Distance Learning Engineering Programmes Students: A Study of Non-Traditional, Returning, Evening, and Adult Students
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education and Practice, 8 (2020) 1, S.134-148 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2311-6897
Schlagwörter	Student Motivation; Distance Education; Engineering Education; Nontraditional Students; Reentry Students; Adult Students; Evening Students; Undergraduate Students; Enrollment Influences; Student Satisfaction; Decision Making; Educational Experience; Private Colleges; Affordances; Self Efficacy; Time Management; Career Development; Cognitive Style; Paying for College; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulische Motivation; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Ingenieurausbildung; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bildungserfahrung; Privathochschule; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Zeitmanagement; Berufsentwicklung; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Studienfinanzierung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Undergraduate distance learning-based programmes in the field of engineering have become one of the popular educational qualifications internationally. Besides traditional-age university students, non-traditional, returning, evening, and adult (NTREA) students make up groups of large significant enrolments at many distance learning programmes. This study explored how undergraduate NTREA students enrolled at the undergraduate distance learning engineering programme described their learning experience and why they decided to enroll in the distance learning-based programmes. 28 participants with majors in civil engineering, computer engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, and biomedical engineering were invited for a private online Skype interview for data collection. The results of this research provide direction for NTREA students, university administrators, educational professionals, career counsellors, human resource planners, policymakers, and governmental leaders to reform and improve human resource planning, educational programmes, and even international enrolment schemes through the development of instructional technology and applications. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01