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Aakash Kamble; Nitin Upadhyay; Nayna Abhang – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have gained popularity among sales professionals who use them for self-directed learning and upskilling. However, research related to their intentions to continue learning is scarce. Drawing from the social cognition theory, this research aimed to address this gap by investigating the role of task-technology…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Sales Occupations, Salesmanship, Independent Study
XiaoShu Xu; Zhiyou Li; Wilson Cheong Hin Hong; Xinyu Xu; YunFeng Zhang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This review provides a critical assessment of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and personalized learning within formal education by juxtaposing their beneficial effects against the potential issues that could impede their effective use. Through meticulous screening and reviewing procedures, 53 articles were thematically analyzed and the main…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Independent Study, Definitions, Barriers
Carrie A. Minahan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative correlational retrospective cohort study was to investigate Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) student use of practice quizzes (self-study retrieval practice) and their relationship to academic achievement as a part of self-regulated learning in a foundational science course in the first year of doctoral curriculum.…
Descriptors: Physical Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Doctoral Students, Academic Achievement
Dorothy Duchatelet; Frank Cornelissen; Monique Volman – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: Experiential learning environments are beneficial for the development of generic learning outcomes, such as critical thinking, communication, and self-regulation. However, research about the variation in experiential learning activities and their benefits is scattered across several bodies of discipline-specific literature. Purpose:…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education, Skill Development
Michael Yi-Chao Jiang; Morris Siu-Yung Jong; Ching-Sing Chai – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
Self-directed learning (SDL) is acknowledged as an effective language learning paradigm because learning a language is time-consuming. As language and literacy education is now embracing a more multimodal approach in writing instruction, teachers' multimodal technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) receives growing attention in…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Computer Simulation, Independent Study
Minhong Wang – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2024
Learning is an integral part of being human. How people learn has long been discussed, revealed in many learning theories, investigated in numerous studies, and demonstrated in extensive practices. The goal of this article is to rethink how people learn from four fundamental perspectives, that is, learning by interaction with content (C), learning…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Instructional Design, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods
Tamara van Gog; Eva Janssen; Florence Lucas; Maaike Taheij – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
Research in cognitive load theory is increasingly recognizing the importance of motivational influences on students' (willingness to invest) mental effort, in particular in the context of self-regulated learning. Consequently, next to addressing effects of instructional conditions and contexts on groups of learners, there is a need to start…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Independent Study, Individual Characteristics, Cognitive Ability
Lio Moscardini; Molly Cameron; Christopher Clark; Nicola San Gong McNeil; Carys Mitchell; Dorothee Nys; Angela Jaap – Support for Learning, 2024
This article, co-authored with a group of undergraduate secondary music student teachers, shares their experiences as they learned about additional support needs and inclusive practice through a series of 10 problem-based learning (PBL) sessions. Drawing from their reflections on the weekly sessions, the paper explores the students' learning…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Music Education, Student Teachers, Secondary Education
Mariam Revishvili; Mzia Tsereteli – Cogent Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore the psychological mechanism of self-regulated learning in a technology-enhanced learning environment and to develop a comprehensive model of its function. As a theoretical approach, we used Pintrich's model of Self-regulated learning. The mixed research methods were used in this study. First, we conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Independent Study, Technology Integration
Roshan Lal Neupane; Prasad Calyam; Songjie Wang; Kiran Neupane; Ashish Pandey; Xiyao Cheng; Durbek Gafurov; Hemanth Sai Yeddulapalli; Noah Glaser; Kanu Priya Singh; Yuanyuan Gu; Shangman Li; Sharan Srinivas – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2024
Cloud-hosted services are being increasingly used in hosting business and scientific applications due to cost-effectiveness, scalability, and ease of deployment. To facilitate rapid development, change and release process of cloud-hosted applications, the area of development and operations (DevOps) is fast evolving. It is necessary to train the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Management Systems, Computer Assisted Design
Clausen, Nicolaj Riise – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this article is to describe the results from an investigation of the development of students' attitudes and behaviours conducive to self-directed learning (SDL) in problem-based learning. The article reports the results from an application of a newly validated statistical instrument to measure self-directed learning on bachelor…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Problem Based Learning, College Students, Student Attitudes
Delos Reyes, Ryan Dave G.; Torio, Von Anthony G. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2021
This study focused on the relationship of rapport between teachers and learners in the context of the Central Visayan Institute Foundation-Dynamic Learning Program (CVIF-DLP) and learner autonomy. The concept of rapport and learner autonomy in the field of education is often untouched in varied contexts, including the CVIF-DLP which shows a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Student Relationship, Personal Autonomy, Independent Study
Brady, Anna C.; Kim, Yeo-eun; Cutshall, Jessica – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2021
College students do not study in isolated environments; rather, they encounter obstacles as they complete academic tasks. Using a qualitative approach, the present study explored the distractions and underlying causes students face as well as the strategies they use to control these distractions. Our findings suggested that students' distractions,…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Independent Study, College Students, Learning Strategies
Vick, Nicholas – Honors in Practice, 2021
The video essay is an opportunity for students to record their words and combine other visual elements to complete the typical requirements of a standard written paper. Applicable across disciplines and pedagogically aligned with an honors ethos of self-directed learning, video essays allow for individual and collaborative forms of expression…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Essays, Independent Study, Honors Curriculum
Silamut, Aime-acha; Sovajassatakul, Thanongsak – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
Previously, we described a self-directed learning with knowledge management (SDL-KM) model (Silamut and Petsangsri 2020), to motivate learners in an organization to learn from internal-and-external knowledge management resources to enhance their Academic Achievement and Digital Literacy Abilities. In this paper, we aimed to demonstrate the value…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Knowledge Management, Models, Academic Achievement