Distance Education Students’ Acceptance of Online Learning Systems, Attitudes Towards Online Learning and Their Self-directed Learning Skills


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Durnalı M., Orakcı Ş., Toraman Ç.

Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, cilt.10, sa.2, ss.1-19, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)

Özet

About four million people living in Turkey or abroad with a Turkish passport enrolled in distance education schools to have the opportunity to complete their compulsory formal education in the spring of 2018-19. The aim of this descriptive study was to determine distance education students’ acceptance of online learning systems, their attitudes towards online learning, and their self-directed learning skills and the relationship between them. Some of the main results are as follows: A six-variable model (perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, general acceptance, individual awareness, usefulness, application effectiveness) played a significantly explanatory role in dependent variables (subscales of self-directed learning skills). Perceived usefulness and usefulness positively predicted motivation, suggesting that the higher the perceived usefulness, the higher the motivation. General acceptance and application effectiveness negatively predicted self-monitoring. Female participants were more motivated by online learning environments than males