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Learning effectiveness in a Web-based virtual learning environment: a learner control perspective.

Web-based technology has a dramatic impact on learning and teaching. A framework that delineates the relationships between learner control and learning effectiveness is absent. This study aims to fill this void. Our work focuses on the effectiveness of a technology-mediated virtual learning environm...

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Published in:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 65 - 77
Main Authors: Chou S, Liu C
Format: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2005
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          Chou S
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        affil: Dept of Information Management, National Kaohsiung First University of Science of Technology, 2 Jouyue Rd, Nantz District, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan; swchou@ccms.nkfust.edu.tw
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          Computer-Assisted Instruction
          Teaching Methods Evaluation
          World Wide Web
          Coefficient alpha
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      ab: Web-based technology has a dramatic impact on learning and teaching. A framework that delineates the relationships between learner control and learning effectiveness is absent. This study aims to fill this void. Our work focuses on the effectiveness of a technology-mediated virtual learning environment (TVLE) in the context of basic information technology skills training. Grounded in the technology-mediated learning literature, this study presents a framework that addresses the relationship between the learner control and learning effectiveness, which contains four categories: learning achievement, self-efficacy, satisfaction, and learning climate. In order to compare the learning effectiveness under traditional classroom and TVLE, we conducted a field experiment. Data were collected from a junior high school of Taiwan. A total of 210 usable responses were analysed. We identified four results from this study. (1) Students in the TVLE environment achieve better learning performance than their counterparts in the traditional environment; (2) Students in the TVLE environment report higher levels of computer self-efficacy than their counterparts in the traditional environment; (3) Students in the TVLE environment report higher levels of satisfaction than students in the traditional environment; and (4) Students in the TVLE environment report higher levels of learning climate than their counterparts in the traditional environment. The implications of this study are discussed, and further research directions are proposed.
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