Narrowing down dimensions of e-learning readiness in continuing vocational education
- Although e-learning has become an important feature to promote learning experience, still little is known about the readiness of adult learners for e-learning in continuing vocational education. By exploring perceived challenges and benefits, it was our aim to identify dimensions that define e-learning readiness. Therefore, we conducted a study design with qualitative and quantitative components. It consisted of both, semi-structured interviews, as well as an online survey regarding biography, personality, learning behavior, and general attitudes toward e-learning. The continuing vocational education course that we were investigating comes from the field of project management. The learner group was heterogeneous regarding their biographical and occupational background. Our results suggest several dimensions of e-learning readiness which are namely: motivation, learning strategies/regulation, attitudes toward learning, and personality-associated aspects as well as digital literacy. These findings are in line with previous research to only some extent, but reveal the necessity to redefine single dimensions of e-learning readiness to develop an inventory that is generalizable for different adult learner groups. Based on these assumptions a new measure for e-learning readiness needs to be proposed in future research as a next step.
Author: | Vanessa Stefanie LoockORCiDGND, Jens FleischerORCiDGND, Anne ScheunemannGND, Linda FroeseORCiDGND, Katharina TeichORCiDGND, Joachim Thorsten Christian WirthORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-104125 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1033524 |
Parent Title (German): | Frontiers in psychology |
Subtitle (English): | perspectives from the adult learner |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Place of publication: | Lausanne |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2023/10/27 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/10/28 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds SRL; adult learners; e-learning; e-learning readiness; vocational education |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | Artikel 1033524 |
First Page: | 1033524-1 |
Last Page: | 1033524-18 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Institutes/Facilities: | Lehrstuhl für Lehr-Lernforschung |
Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Bildungspsychologie | |
Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Pädagogische Psychologie und Bildungstechnologie | |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Sozialwissenschaften / Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Philosophie und Erziehungswissenschaft |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |