Exploring the relationships between students' academic motivation and social ability in online learning environments

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-286

  Yang, Chia Chi ^a   Tsai, I Chun ^a   Kim, Bosung ^a   Cho, Moon Heum ^a   Laffey, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Intrinsic goal orientation; Online social interaction; Privacy; Self efficacy; Social ability; Social navigation; Social presence; Task value

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC MOTIVATION; INTRINSIC GOAL ORIENTATION; ONLINE SOCIAL INTERACTION; PRIVACY; SELF-EFFICACY; SOCIAL ABILITY; SOCIAL NAVIGATION; SOCIAL PRESENCE; TASK VALUE;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 37849185624     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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