TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-regulation across time of first-generation online learners
AU - Barnard-Brak, Lucy
AU - Paton, Valerie Osland
AU - Lan, William Y.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Self-regulatory skills have been associated with positive outcomes for learners. In the current study, we examined the self-regulatory skills of students who are first-generation online learners over the course of their first semester of online instruction. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the online self-regulatory skills of learners changed across time as associated with being immersed in their first online learning environment. The results of the current study indicate no significant differences in the online self-regulatory skills of learners across time. Results suggest that environmental factors such as being immersed in an online learning environment for the first time is not, in and of itself, associated with the development of self-regulatory skills of online learners. We conclude that the design of online courses needs to consider ways of developing self-regulatory skills as these skills are not automatically developed with students' online learning experiences.
AB - Self-regulatory skills have been associated with positive outcomes for learners. In the current study, we examined the self-regulatory skills of students who are first-generation online learners over the course of their first semester of online instruction. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the online self-regulatory skills of learners changed across time as associated with being immersed in their first online learning environment. The results of the current study indicate no significant differences in the online self-regulatory skills of learners across time. Results suggest that environmental factors such as being immersed in an online learning environment for the first time is not, in and of itself, associated with the development of self-regulatory skills of online learners. We conclude that the design of online courses needs to consider ways of developing self-regulatory skills as these skills are not automatically developed with students' online learning experiences.
KW - online learning
KW - self-regulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79957662572&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09687761003657572
DO - 10.1080/09687761003657572
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79957662572
SN - 0968-7769
VL - 18
SP - 61
EP - 70
JO - ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology
JF - ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology
IS - 1
ER -