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Jiahui Du; Khe Foon Hew; Long Zhang – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is a prerequisite for successful learning. However, studies have reported that many students struggle with self-regulation in online learning, indicating the need to provide students with additional support for SRL. This study adopted a design-based research methodology to iteratively design, implement, and evaluate…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Artificial Intelligence, Electronic Learning, Graduate Students
Wong Sing Yun; Sarimah Surianshah – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2024
The emergence of innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, which was just released in November 2022, has the potential to significantly transform the current state of education. Put another way, learning is changing as a result of chatbots' personalized assistance, group discussions and collaborations, evaluations of…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Computer Software, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education
Renninger, K. Ann; Hidi, Suzanne E. – Theory Into Practice, 2022
Educators have a critical stake in supporting the development of interest--as the presence of interest benefits sustained engagement and learning. Neuroscientific research has shown that interest is distinct from, but overlapping with, self-related information processing, the personally relevant connections that a learner makes to content (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Information Processing, Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation
Esther De Vrind; Fred J. J. M. Janssen; Jan H. Van Driel; Nivja H. De Jong – Modern Language Journal, 2024
In foreign language learning, it is important that learners become autonomous and learn how to self-regulate their learning to continue language development. This article presents a self-evaluation procedure designed to promote self-regulation in speaking skills in a foreign language. This self-evaluation procedure was tested in a…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
Wu, Ting-Ting; Lee, Hsin-Yu; Li, Pin-Hui; Huang, Chia-Nan; Huang, Yueh-Min – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
This study combines ChatGPT, Apple's Shortcuts, and LINE to create the ChatGPT-based Intelligent Learning Aid (CILA), aiming to enhance self-regulation progress and knowledge construction in blended learning. CILA offers real-time, convergent information to learners' inquiries, as opposed to traditional Google search engine that provide divergent…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Processes, Blended Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Zixi Li; Curtis J. Bonk – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
The research study explored online language learners' self-directed language learning (SDLL) experiences, benefits, motivations, and challenges when employing educational tools like Duolingo in an out of classroom context. To gain insights into SDLL, in-depth and semi-structured interviews with 10 Duolingo users were conducted. Study results…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Baber, Hasnan; Deepa, V.; Elrehail, Hamzah; Poulin, Marc; Mir, Faizan Ashraf – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2023
Purpose: As learning at the workplace is predominantly self-motivated, this study is aimed to identify and categorize the motivational drivers for working professionals to pursue self-directed learning (SDL) at the workplace. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 23 variables were identified as drivers for working professionals to initiate,…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Motivation, Workplace Learning, Employees
Rigolizzo, Michele; Zhu, Zhu; Cruz, Adrianna – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of supervisors' past experiences in school on their present learning behaviors. Design/methodology/approach: Data were gathered in a time-lagged study. Supervisors populated a previously validated survey about their quality of school life. One week later, a direct measure of learning…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Educational Experience, Learning Motivation, Study Habits
Liu, Shijuan – Language Learning Journal, 2022
This case study examines the journey of a successful Chinese language learner who has become a Chinese language instructor. His path of learning Chinese is found to be different than that of most non-heritage Chinese instructors. Key factors contributing to his success include prior experience of learning Spanish as a second language, strong…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Independent Study
Douglas M. Walker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to understand teacher perceptions of a self-directed professional learning model named Go Time. I examined the factors that influenced teacher learning and motivation to sustain learning in this model. This study contributes to the research on teacher professional development by examining a model that is self-directed…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Motivation, Independent Study, Teacher Attitudes

Conrad Borchers; Jeroen Ooge; Cindy Peng; Vincent Aleven – Grantee Submission, 2025
Personalized problem selection enhances student practice in tutoring systems. Prior research has focused on transparent problem selection that supports learner control but rarely engages learners in selecting practice materials. We explored how different levels of control (i.e., full AI control, shared control, and full learner control), combined…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learning Analytics
Hiromi Nishioka – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2024
With rapid globalization, it is an urgent task for universities in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context to provide practical English education. Particularly, one that enables students to participate in the global society as well as the global business market. The challenge for these universities is to achieve this goal with limited class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Bea Mertens; Sven De Maeyer; Vincent Donche – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Research on learning strategies and learning motivation in different educational contexts has provided valuable insights, but in this field, low-educated adults remain an understudied population. This study addresses this gap by means of a person-oriented approach and seeks to investigate whether quantitatively and qualitatively different learner…
Descriptors: Profiles, Student Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Adults
Megawati Soekarno; Mohamad Isa Abd Jalil; Suddin Lada; Siti Hajar Samsu; Mohammad Zulfakhairi Mokthar; Shariff Umar Shariff Abd Kadir – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The world after the pandemic of COVID-19 is looking at a different environment in teaching and learning and primarily being influenced by general online learning readiness. Perception towards the measurement of online learning readiness would also need to change. This study seeks to determine whether Malaysian undergraduate students are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Online Courses, Student Attitudes
Oliveira, Wilk; Hamari, Juho; Joaquim, Sivaldo; Toda, Armando M.; Palomino, Paula T.; Vassileva, Julita; Isotani, Seiji – Smart Learning Environments, 2022
Gamification refers to the attempt to transform different kinds of systems to be able to better invoke positive experiences such as the flow state. However, the ability of such intervention to invoke flow state is commonly believed to depend on several moderating factors including the user's traits. Currently, there is a dearth of research on the…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation, Personality Traits