Considering students' perceptions: The distance education student satisfaction model
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Tarih
2008
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IEEE COMPUTER SOC, LEARNING TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
In the current study, the Distance Education Student Satisfaction Model, estimated as a structural equation model, is proposed to understand better what predicts student satisfaction from online learning environments. In the present study, the following variables are employed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (Davis, Bagozzi, & Warshaw, 1989) and literature: computer knowledge, flexibility of distance education, usefulness of distance education, and distance education satisfaction. Results suggest that as long as students have the skills to use online tools and perceive that distance education is a useful and flexible way of learning, communicating, and sharing, their enjoyment from online instruction will be promoted. Ultimately, this satisfaction may lead to higher levels of engagement, learning, and success in the distance education setting. Data collected from 195 undergraduate students are analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and Analysis of Moment Structures statistical software. Implications of the findings of the present study are crucial for instructors, practitioners, and institutions planning to offer or currently engaged in offering distance education courses.
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distance education, student satisfaction, College of Education
Kaynak
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
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Q2
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Q1
Cilt
11
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3
