Attitudes affecting college students' preferences for distance learning

Katz, Yaacov J.

doi:10.1046/j.0266-4909.2001.00202.x

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“…Katz (2002) shows that a certain psychological attitude towards the use of technology facilitates the efficient use of distance learning. Satisfaction with learning, level of control of the learning process, and study motivation for distance learning are all positively related to student preferences for structured distance learning.…”

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Influence of Motivation, Autonomy and Online Environment on Listening Skills of Elementary and Intermediate Learners of English

Liu¹

2014

IES

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Computer technology provides students with an opportunity to interact with native speakers in many different forums and therefore enables them to practise and develop their listening skills. Furthermore, video and audio have been developed for use in a wide range of classroom activities. With regards to listening skills in language learning, the majority of studies have concentrated on the use of specific course material. For this reason, this study examines the differences in the perceptions of acquiring listening skills using online resources between elementary and intermediate students. 268 students from a private college and a public university in a Chinese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) context participated in the research project. The data collection methods included questionnaires and interviews, pre-and post-testing measuring tools. According to the pre-and post-test results, the private college students within a technology environment did not make much progress in terms of English listening proficiency. However, the public university students improved significantly within the same environment. The research findings indicate that learner variables, such as learning attitude and motivation, in addition to learner autonomy, play a vital role in facilitating the progress of students at different levels.

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Influence of Motivation, Autonomy and Online Environment on Listening Skills of Elementary and Intermediate Learners of English

Liu¹

2014

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“…Further, collaborative learning redefines traditional student-teacher relationship in the classroom which results in controversy over whether this paradigm is more beneficial than harmful. [10] Collaborative learning activities can include collaborative writing, group projects, joint problem solving, debates, study teams and other activities. The approach is closely related to cooperative learning.…”

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Empirical Application Of QQ Groupware In College English Teaching

Liu¹

2012

Proceedings of the 2012 2nd International Conference on Computer and Information Applications (ICCIA 2012)

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Abstract-Presently computer networks interaction has become increasingly important in the interaction of teaching and learning. Most of the universities and colleges in China have accomplished the hardware construction of internet networks. But for some reasons, it is rather difficult to build up teaching interaction and conduct real teaching practice to implement and enhance the interactive networks teaching in the practice of college English teaching. Since QQ groupware can cater for the needs of a good language learning environment due to its popularity, convenience, low cost and other characteristics, QQ groupware may be helpful to construct the network environments of language learning. So from the year 2008 we have conducted an experiment in Shenyang Aerospace University on the role of QQ groupware in college English teaching. Our experiment is based on the constructivist theory and the theory of collaborative learning. From the analysis of QQ groupware functions, we tried to find out the positive roles that QQ groupware played in College English Teaching. And in the process of the experiment on the two sample classes in Grade 2008 and Grade 2010 of Shenyang Aerospace University, we explored the feasibility of QQ groupware in promoting college English teaching and proposed that QQ groupware play an active role in raising students' learning autonomy and improving students' language skills in English learning.

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“…Online learning is also considered as distance learning. There were generations before that had started using distance learning methods in delivering the materials who needed to deal with the problem of inadequate interaction between students and teachers (Katz, 2002). However, the internet and web are easily accessible now, meanwhile enhancing the learning system through the creation of interactive video, e-mail, and the World Wide Web technologies, thereby improving teacher-students interaction (Katz, 1998(Katz, , 2000.…”

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The Philosophy of Learning and Listening in Traditional Classroom and Online Learning Approaches

Hassan¹,

Abiddin²,

Yew³

2014

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It is important to consider the concepts of traditional classroom and online learning in evaluating effective learning and listening conducted in higher learning institutions. To reach the depth of both concepts, one should understand them in the philosophical point of view. Both traditional classroom and online learning play a role in the learning process. It was investigated by many researchers before and important findings had been revealed. Both play different roles. There are researchers who came out with blended learning as the solution. However, many other factors need to be considered. This study has defined several objectives to investigate the type of learning that can provide high achievement within the students and to determine whether there is any significant difference in metacognitive awareness listening strategies students used in learning listening online and learning listening in a traditional classroom. This study was conducted in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), a local university in Negeri Sembilan. This university is located in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. 44 students were selected (22 in control group, 22 in experimental group) from the Syariah and Law Faculty as participants of the research. From the pre-test, the student's level of proficiency was the same. After determining on what type of instruments and data analysis procedure to be used, the researcher compared the data using t-test. In listening strategies, based on the findings, there is no significant difference between two groups of approach. The students use the same strategy either online classroom or traditional classroom. It differs on the type of strategy used, but the frequency of applying the strategy between two groups is the same. Because the result showed that traditional classroom performed better result than online, it might have been something wrong with the courseware used by the teacher. The lack of instruction provided by the teacher might be why the students in online learning could not perform in the listening task.

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Attitudes affecting college students' preferences for distance learning

Cited by 91 publications

References 17 publications

Influence of Motivation, Autonomy and Online Environment on Listening Skills of Elementary and Intermediate Learners of English

Influence of Motivation, Autonomy and Online Environment on Listening Skills of Elementary and Intermediate Learners of English

Empirical Application Of QQ Groupware In College English Teaching

The Philosophy of Learning and Listening in Traditional Classroom and Online Learning Approaches

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