Which are the determinants of online students' efficiency in higher education?

David Castillo-Merino, Enric Serradell-Lopez, Inés González-González

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Resumen

International literature shows that the positive effect on students performance from the adoption of innovations in the technology of teaching and learning do not affect all teaching methods and learning styles equally, as it depends on university strategy and policy towards Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) adoption, students abilities, technology uses in the educational process by teachers and students, or the selection of a methodology that matches with digital uses. This paper provides empirical answers to these questions with data from online students at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). An empirical model based on structural equations has been defined to explain complex relationships between variables. Our results show that motivation is the main variable affecting online students' performance. It appears as a latent variable influenced by students' perception of efficiency, a driver for indirect positive and significant effect on students' performance from students' ability in ICT uses.

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaTechnology Enhanced Learning
Subtítulo de la publicación alojadaQuality of Teaching and Educational Reform - First International Conference, TECH-EDUCATION 2010, Proceedings
Páginas209-215
Número de páginas7
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2010
Evento1st International Conference on Reforming Education, Quality of Teaching and Technology-Enhanced Learning: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies, TECH-EDUCATION 2010 - Athens, Grecia
Duración: 19 may 201021 may 2010

Serie de la publicación

NombreCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volumen73 CCIS
ISSN (versión impresa)1865-0929

Conferencia

Conferencia1st International Conference on Reforming Education, Quality of Teaching and Technology-Enhanced Learning: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies, TECH-EDUCATION 2010
País/TerritorioGrecia
CiudadAthens
Período19/05/1021/05/10

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