An Investigation of Students Attitude and Motivation toward Online Learning

Autor/inn/en	Knowles, Evelyn; Kerkman, Dennis
Titel	An Investigation of Students Attitude and Motivation toward Online Learning
Quelle	In: InSight: A Collection of Faculty Scholarship, 2 (2007), S.70-80 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1933-4850
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Locus of Control; Visual Arts; Online Courses; Interaction; Questionnaires; Study Habits; Student Characteristics; Correlation; Interpersonal Relationship; Virtual Classrooms; Introductory Courses; Student Motivation; Educational Strategies; Distance Education; College Students; College Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Learning Strategies; Art Education; Missouri + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Optische Gestaltung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Interaktion; Fragebogen; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Korrelation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Einführungskurs; Schulische Motivation; Lehrstrategie; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Collegestudent; Hochschullehre; Unterrichtserfolg; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung
Abstract	This study investigated students' attitudes and motivations toward online learning. Students in the online course, Introduction to the Visual Arts, were asked to complete questionnaires administered during the first and last week of the online course. A group of questions on Attitude was asked on both surveys. Questions on Interest, Self-management, and Locus of Control were asked only at the beginning of the course. The end of class survey included questions on Study Process Approach. Students in the study were found to have a strong internal Locus of Control. A significant correlation was found between a more internal locus of control and relying on surface strategies for learning. Another significant result was found on the Attitude pre- and post-course comparison regarding missing interaction with other students and getting more information through an online course. Generally, students' attitude toward online learning was more positive during the last week of the course than in the first week. The study showed that this online course provided a sufficient amount of student to instructor interaction, a high amount of student to material interaction, and a low amount of student to student interaction. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10