Online Distance Learners' Perceptions and Needs for Personalized Learning in English as a Foreign Language Courses

Autor/inn/en	Moosavi, Zeynab; DeWitt, Dorothy
Titel	Online Distance Learners' Perceptions and Needs for Personalized Learning in English as a Foreign Language Courses
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 11 (2023) 2, S.37-49 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Online Courses; Distance Education; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Learner Engagement; Higher Education; Instructional Improvement; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Student Centered Learning; Foreign Countries; Multimedia Materials; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Unterrichtsqualität; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Ausland
Abstract	The rapid development of e-learning in higher education institutions has facilitated personalized learning pathways for learning to be relevant, catering to the individual learners' needs and expectations. In spite of the vast opportunities that e-learning offers, the online courses in distance language education in Iran failed to satisfactorily engage students. There is little effort to empower and give voice to students to improve instruction. Therefore, the aim of the study was to explore the needs and expectations of EFL students enrolled in online English courses at a distance learning institution. The study also examined the students' perceptions for a learner-centred approach, using personalized learning (PL) in their online English courses. A total of 200 students participated in the survey and five of them were invited to be interviewed. The study explored the issues in the existing online English courses, the students' expectations of an English course and their perceptions towards a PL approach for their online English courses. The results revealed the EFL students needed more support, multimedia learning resources, opportunities to practice speaking and listening, and a friendly communicative environment. The findings indicated that most students had positive perceptions on PL. The study suggested that distance education systems need to incorporate PL into online courses as a solution to address the students' learning needs. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. Web site: https://mojes.um.edu.my/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01