Share Paper: Beyond Beliefs: Examining Online Self-efficacy and Learner Engagement in Distance Education

  1. Jolie Kennedy, University of Minnesota, United States
Monday, June 22 3:15-3:45 PM Salon Joyce

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to measure engagement in an online course over a semester by three groups of students with varying levels of self-efficacy with the online medium (low, moderate, or high) in order to determine whether self-reported engagement differed among the groups over time. Participants for this study consisted of 59 undergraduate learners who were enrolled in an undergraduate online course offered by a public research university in the Midwest. The study employed a survey research design to collect data at the beginning of the semester to measure self-efficacy levels with the online medium and weekly surveys ...