Conceptions of Learning versus Conceptions of Web-Based Learning: The Differences Revealed by College Students

Autor/in	Tsai, Chin-Chung
Titel	Conceptions of Learning versus Conceptions of Web-Based Learning: The Differences Revealed by College Students
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 53 (2009) 4, S.1092-1103 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2009.05.019
Schlagwörter	College Students; Student Attitudes; Self Efficacy; Web Based Instruction; Internet; Comparative Analysis; Interviews; Transcripts (Written Records); Content Analysis; Educational Technology; Computer Assisted Instruction; Electronic Learning; Distance Education; Foreign Countries; Online Searching; Search Strategies; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Web Based Training; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Inhaltsanalyse; Unterrichtsmedien; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Ausland; Online-Recherche; Suchstrategie
Abstract	Past research has shown the variations of students' conceptions of learning, but little has been especially undertaken to address students' conceptions of web-based learning and to make comparisons between students' conceptions of learning in general and their conceptions of web-based learning in particular. By interviewing 83 Taiwanese college students with some web-based learning experiences, this study attempted to investigate the students' conceptions of learning, conceptions of web-based learning, and the differences between these conceptions. Using the phenomenographic method of analyzing student interview transcripts, several categories of conceptions of learning and of web-based learning were revealed. The analyses of interview results suggested that the conceptions of web-based learning were often more sophisticated than those of learning. For example, much more students conceptualized learning in web-based context as pursuing real understanding and seeing in a new way than those for learning in general. This implies that the implementation of web-based instruction may be a potential avenue for promoting students' conceptions of learning. By gathering questionnaire responses from the students, this study further found that the sophistication of the conceptions toward web-based learning was associated with better searching strategies as well as higher self-efficacy for web-based learning. (Contains 10 tables.) (As Provided).
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