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Lange, Christopher – Open Learning, 2023
Cognitive processing issues online may be reduced through e-learning personalisation, which allows learners to address individual learning needs by controlling how they process information. While some research shows that e-learning personalisation may actually complicate information processing under specific circumstances, this study examines…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Individualized Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Costley, Jamie; Lange, Christopher – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The use of e-learning personalization allows learners to control their learning by choosing which content to process and how to process it. In order to explain the processes that occur when students use e-learning personalization, this study looks at how it interacts with two other variables: sequencing and fading, a scaffolding technique where…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Individualized Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Ruonan Hu; Cixiao Wang – SAGE Open, 2025
As flexible transitions between online and offline teacher training modalities become ubiquitous, educators encounter multifaceted challenges. Their collaborative roles and learning experiences across these distinct CSCL environments remain under-explored. This study aims to map patterns of teacher adaptation and acquire responsive strategies for…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teacher Role, Self Efficacy, Difficulty Level
Corina Milagro Mosqueira Taipe; Larissa Cristina Mazer; Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina; Caíque Rossi Baldassarini; Gabriela Di Donato; Assis Do Carmo Pereira Júnior; Adriana Inocenti Miasso; Patricia Leila dos Santos – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the challenge of online teaching to graduate courses, without prior preparation for students and teachers. In this context, the aim of the study was to identify sociodemographic predictors of difficulty in carrying out online academic activities by graduate students, by region of Brazil, during the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Social Class, Demography, Predictor Variables, Difficulty Level
Huan Kang; Hong Chen – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This study investigates the effects of online instructors' use of initiation and maintenance rapport-building strategies (RBS) on Chinese EFL learners' CALL motivation and cognitive load management. Mixed methods research was used to concurrently triangulate different strands of data on the effects of RBS on 86 randomly sampled EFL learners. The…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teacher Student Relationship, Cognitive Processes
Senad Becirovic; Mersad Dervic; Boris Mattoš – SAGE Open, 2025
This research seeks to investigate the variables that might affect university-level students' internet habits, their e-learning self-efficacy and academic achievement in a technology-enhanced teaching and learning environment. To attain the aforementioned objective the Information System Success (ISS) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) were…
Descriptors: College Students, Behavior Patterns, Internet, Self Efficacy
Malakul, Sivakorn; Park, Innwoo – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
While subtitles are considered a primary learning support tool for people who cannot understand video narration in foreign languages, recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have played a pivotal role in automatic subtitling on online video platforms such as YouTube. This study examines the effects of three different types…
Descriptors: Captions, Automation, Video Technology, Secondary School Students
Maria Assunção Flores; Ana Margarida Veiga Simão; Paula Costa Ferreira; Diana Pereira; Alexandra Barros; Paulo Flores; Eva Lopes Fernandes; Luís Costa – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
The closure of higher education institutions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a sudden and unexpected transition from face-to-face to online teaching and learning. This paper draws on data from a broader study focusing on higher education students' perceptions and experiences of online learning during the first lockdown in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), COVID-19, Difficulty Level
Chih-Hung Wu; Kai-Di Tang; Kang-Lin Peng; Yueh-Min Huang; Chih-Hsing Liu – Educational Psychology, 2024
Cognitive styles and affective factors are critical factors affecting e-learning performance in this digital era. Learners can enhance their affective learning with a correct cognitive style. This study aims to examine various cognitive styles with effective learning measurement tools through subjective and objective instruments by observing…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Altinpulluk, Hakan; Yildirim, Yusuf – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2023
This study aims to make a bibliometric analysis of the augmented reality articles carried out with the experimental method between 2012 and 2022 in the Scopus database. To realize the aim of the research, 255 articles published between 2012-2022 were reached. The bibliometric data of 255 articles from the Scopus database were analyzed using VOS…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Computer Simulation, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Sathiyaseelan Balasundaram; Jain Mathew; Sridevi Nair – Journal of Learning for Development, 2024
This study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of microlearning in higher education. The sample consisted of first-year MBA students, and a post-test control group design was used to assess the effectiveness of a microlearning module. The results indicated that the use of microlearning was significantly related to learning performance and…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Electronic Learning, Learning Modules, Graduate Students
Sointu, Erkko; Saqr, Mohammed; Valtonen, Teemu; Hallberg, Susanne; Väisänen, Sanna; Kankaanpää, Jenni; Tuominen, Ville; Hirsto, Laura – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2023
Pre-service teacher training is research intensive in Finland. Additionally, teaching as a profession is highly valued among young people. However, quantitative methods courses are challenging for teacher students from many reasons. Particularly, this is due to previous negative experiences and emotions (among other things). Thus, novel approaches…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Preservice Teachers, Student Behavior, Difficulty Level
Avatars vs. Video Presence: Effects of Instructor Presence on Cognitive Load in Video-Based Learning
Yuli Sutoto Nugroho; Marie-Luce Bourguet; Hamit Soyel; Isabelle Mareschal – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2025
This study examines the impact of instructor presence on cognitive load and learning outcomes in video-based learning environments, addressing a significant gap in optimising instructional design for digital education. Utilising eyetracking technology to measure pupil dilation, a reliable proxy for cognitive load, this research compares three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Electronic Learning, Video Technology
Detyna, Michael; Sanchez-Pizani, Rodrigo; Giampietro, Vincent; Dommett, Eleanor J.; Dyer, Kyle – Learning Environments Research, 2023
In 2020, King's College London introduced HyFlex teaching as a means to supplement online and face-to-face teaching and to respond to COVID-19 restrictions. This enabled teaching to a mixed cohort of students (both online and on campus). This article provides an outline of how such an approach was conceptualized and implemented in a…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Curriculum Implementation, Synchronous Communication, Electronic Learning
Bopelo Boitshwarelo; Maneka Jayasinghe – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
Learning statistics can be challenging for many students, due to their inability to engage in statistical reasoning and application of techniques. This challenge becomes compounded in online learning contexts where students are spatially and temporally separated from the teacher. This paper describes and explains a case of theory-driven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alignment (Education), Business Education, Electronic Learning

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