The Changing Importance of Factors Influencing Students' Choice of Study Mode

Autor/inn/en	Bailey, Matthew; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Gosper, Maree; Kretzschmar, Mandy; Ware, Cheryl
Titel	The Changing Importance of Factors Influencing Students' Choice of Study Mode
Quelle	In: Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 20 (2015) 2, S.169-184 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2211-1662
DOI	10.1007/s10758-015-9253-9
Schlagwörter	Performance Factors; Preferences; Intermode Differences; Delivery Systems; Humanities Instruction; Classroom Environment; Distance Education; Predictor Variables; Student Characteristics; Educational Technology; Educational Environment; Publicity; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Experience; Influences; Attribution Theory; Student Attitudes; Student Behavior; Interest Inventories; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsindikator; Auslieferung; Geisteswissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Prädiktor; Unterrichtsmedien; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungserfahrung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Schülerverhalten; Student behaviour; Interest profile; Interessenprofil; Collegestudent
Abstract	Despite the expansion of online and blended learning, as well as open education, until relatively recently little research has been undertaken on what motivates students to enrol in particular study modes at university level. This project contributes to recent scholarship in the field by exploring the reasons why humanities students choose to study through specific modes. The research was conducted between October 2013 and March 2014 administering three waves of data collection to over 700 students who were enrolled in humanities units being offered simultaneously through three different modes: on-campus, distance, and open and online. The findings suggest that students choose different enrolment modes based on factors such as personal, learning support, environment, advice and marketing, teaching and learning as well as logistics. However, the importance students ascribe to particular factors changes during their educational experience. This study found significant differences in the importance of factors between initial and subsequent choices of enrolment mode, suggesting that the "lived" experience of students at university influences their perception of which factors are important. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01