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Hyejoo Yun; Hae-Deok Song; YeonKyoung Kim – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is critical in online learning, and profiling learners' SRL patterns is needed to provide personalized support. However, little research has examined how each learner performs the cyclical phases of SRL based on trace data. To fill the gap, this study attempts to derive SRL profiles encompassing all cyclical phases of…
Descriptors: College Students, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Self Management
Li, Kun; Onyon, Nitikorn; Choichareon, Thapana; Charoontham, Orasa – Online Submission, 2023
Background and Aim: This study adopts the teaching mode of self-regulated learning to change the traditional physical education teaching methods, so as to improve the physical literacy of college students. The component of college students' physical literacy includes physical cognition, physical experience, physical ability and sports behavior.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Independent Study, Teaching Methods, College Students
Jun Ohata; James D. Martin; Ana Ison – Journal of Chemical Education, 2025
Writing is an essential component of scientific activity. As such, it is necessary to develop strategies to provide equitable training opportunities for science writing. In order to provide learners with ways to improve their writing regardless of their language background and/or institutional and departmental environments, this article describes…
Descriptors: College Students, Science Education, Scientists, Writing Skills
Jin, Xinquan; Jiang, Qiang; Xiong, Weiyan; Pan, Xingzhu; Zhao, Wei – Educational Technology & Society, 2022
Creativity has been identified as a critical educational goal and an essential 21st-century skill, which can be captured through learning capabilities, thinking skills, and academic achievement. Although the relationship between creativity performance and self-directed learning (SDL) was theoretically researched, few studies have thoroughly…
Descriptors: Creativity, College Students, Independent Study, Electronic Learning
Embracing Artificial Intelligence to Improve Self-Directed Learning: A Cybersecurity Classroom Study
Jim Marquardson – Information Systems Education Journal, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools were met with a mix of enthusiasm, skepticism, and fear. AI adoption soared as people discovered compelling use cases--developers wrote code, realtors generated narratives for their websites, students wrote essays, and much more. Calls for caution attempted to temper AI enthusiasm. Experts highlighted…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Capstone Experiences, Computer Security, Information Security
Soochan Choi; Zhen Li; Kittipong Boonme; He Ren – Journal of International Education in Business, 2024
Purpose: The outbreak of COVID-19 significantly disrupted educational activities and forced universities to rapidly transition from the traditional face-to-face (F2F) environment to online learning formats. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of self-directed learning (SDL) on three instructional modalities (F2F, online and HyFlex)…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Independent Study
Simone, Patricia M.; Whitfield, Lisa C.; Bell, Matthew C.; Kher, Pooja; Tamashiro, Taylor – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
Much of the learning that college students engage in today occurs in unsupervised settings, making effective self-regulated learning techniques of particular importance. We examined the impact of task difficulty and supervision on whether participants would follow written instructions to use repeated testing over restudying. In Study 1, we found…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Students
Dan Sun; Azzeddine Boudouaia; Chengcong Zhu; Yan Li – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024
ChatGPT, an AI-based chatbot with automatic code generation abilities, has shown its promise in improving the quality of programming education by providing learners with opportunities to better understand the principles of programming. However, limited empirical studies have explored the impact of ChatGPT on learners' programming processes. This…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Feedback (Response), Artificial Intelligence
Murat Turk; Sinem Toraman Turk; Ali Ceyhun Muftuoglu; Ozlem Karakaya; Kadir Karakaya – Online Learning, 2024
Engagement strategies play a crucial role in ensuring engaged and high-quality online learning experiences. In this mixed methods study, we examined online students' expectations and explored their experiences regarding online strategies of peer, instructor, self-directed, and multimodal engagement, using a survey and qualitative interviews. Our…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Expectation
Hsin-Ming Hsieh; Alex Maritz – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
Flipped instruction has garnered significant interest in higher education for its potential to enhance student motivation and self-regulated learning. This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of flipped teaching on motivation and self-directed learning attributes among 106 entrepreneurship students at universities in Taiwan. Students…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Intervention, Scores, Independent Study
Guangxiang Liu; Chaojun Ma; Jie Bao; Zhixin Liu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Utilizing a structural equation modeling approach, this article aims to examine the dynamics between Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) and Intercultural Competence (ICC). Altogether, 1490 Chinese college students from different types of universities in China answered the self-developed and validated IDLE-ICC questionnaire. The results…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication
Ahmed Elmabaredy; Nurgun Gencel – Discover Education, 2024
This study aimed to explore the integration of self-regulated learning into digital platforms to improve students' achievement and performance. Moodle platform was used with additional modifications to integrate the features of self-regulated learning. An experimental design involving experimental and control groups with pre-post-tests was…
Descriptors: Self Management, Electronic Learning, Academic Achievement, Independent Study
Ahmad Azmi Abdel Hamid Esmaeil; Dg Norizah Binti Ag Kiflee @ Dzulkifli; Ismail Maakip; Murnizam Halik; Sanen Marshall – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2024
It can be difficult to align with the present theoretical change in education from teacher-centered to student-centered learning especially in high-power distance cultures like Malaysia that are communal. This study aims to investigate the perceptions of students and lecturers regarding the psychosocial barriers to promoting self-directed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Students, Social Sciences
Wei Dan; Ming Li – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Learners' interaction with lecture materials has remained underexplored despite the growing body of studies on the use of materials. The current study explored the actions EFL learners employed during the use of lecture materials in tertiary classrooms in China through the lens of a transactional view. This empirical study involved forty-two…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, College Faculty, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
Rusmini; Suyono; Agustini, Rudiana – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2021
Research has been implemented related to the analysis of the students' science process skills through project-based learning in a COVID-19 pandemic era. The prohibition of face-to-face lectures causes hindered experimental activities to be conducted on campus. This condition encourages project-based learning to carry out extraction experiments…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Chemistry, Science Education, Independent Study