• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2020

This study analyzed the influencing factors of learning engagement and teaching presence in online programming practice classes. The subjects of this study were students enrolled in an industrial specialized high school, who practiced creating Arduino circuits and programming using a web-based virtual practice tool called Tinkercad. This research adopted a tool that can measure task value, learning flow, learning engagement, and teaching presence. Based on this analysis, learning flow had a mediating effect between task value and online learning engagement, as well as between task value and teaching presence. Increasing learning engagement in online classes requires sensitizing the learners about task value, using hands-on platforms available online, and expanding interaction with instructors to increase learning flow of students. Furthermore, using virtual hands-on tools in online programming classes is relevant in increasing learning engagement. Future research tasks include: confirming the effectiveness of online learning engagement and teaching presence through pre- and post-tests, and conducting research on various practical subjects.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.81-114
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• 2023

The study aimed to qualitatively examine middle school students' engagement in distance instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants comprised 119 students from a girls' middle school in Seoul, South Korea. To gain an in-depth understanding of the students' experiences, we collected their reflective journals, which included structured items about their learning engagement at three timepoints in 2020: April, July, and December. The following are the results: 10 themes and 18 concepts were derived, and they were integrated into causal conditions (sudden transition due to COVID-19), contextual condition (technology readiness, school education context), central phenomena (high level of behavioral engagement, low emotional engagement), interventional conditions (recognizing the potential of online learning, situational awareness about COVID-19 and online learning), action/interaction phenomena (development and use of self-regulated learning strategies), and consequences (changes in practices and perception towards online learning). Based on the findings, engagement patterns of the participants were classified into five types: proactive, conservative, receptive, reactive, passive learners. The present study demonstrated important findings that are essential for the improvement and development of engaging online learning strategies in the future.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.111-137
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• 2021

Embracing the important roles of presence, this study focused on exploring how to enhance online learners' learning engagement and learning achievement in distance higher education settings. More specifically, this study examined the structural relationships among university students' teaching presence, social presence, learning engagement, and perceived learning achievement in online learning environments using structural equation modeling. Data were collected from 206 university students enrolled in online courses in the second semester of 2020 at two large universities. According to the results of the data analysis, there was a significant relationship between teaching and social presence. Teaching presence and social presence predicted learning engagement that positively affected perceived learning achievement. Teaching presence was strongly associated with perceived learning achievement while social presence had a negative impact on that. Additionally, learning engagement had a mediating effect on the relationship between teaching presence and perceived learning achievement. This study found that students who perceived higher levels of teaching and social presences tend to more engage in learning, leading to perceiving better learning achievement. The findings suggest that the design, development, and implementation of effective online instruction should be needed to promote learning engagement, which can be linked to enhancing students' learning achievement. Implications and discussion are addressed in this article.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.579-590
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 온라인 SW교양교육 효과에 영향을 미치는 요인을 실증적으로 규명하기 위해 실시간 및 비실시간 혼합형태로 진행되는 대학 온라인 SW교양 수업을 수강하는 서울소재 A여자대학교 94명의 학생들을 대상으로 자기조절, 컴퓨팅사고력, 교수실재감 간의 관계에서 학습몰입의 매개효과를 검증하였다. 본 연구의 결과 및 함의는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 학습몰입은 컴퓨팅사고력과 자기조절 간의 관계를 매개하는 것으로 나타났으며, 둘째, 학습몰입은 컴퓨팅사고력과 교수실재감 간의 관계를 매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 온라인 SW교양교육환경에서 학습자의 적극적인 몰입을 향상시키고, 학습자가 자기조절 전략을 설계할 수 있는 지원방안을 제안하였으며, 학습자가 온라인 학습 환경에서 교수실재감을 인지할 수 있는 방법을 고려하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.257-265
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• 2021

본 연구는 성인기의 온라인 학습자의 학업만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 삶의 의미와 학업열의가 어떠한 관련이 있는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구대상자는 사이버대학교에 재학중인 148명의 성인학습자였다. 자료분석을 위해 SPSS 23.0과 PROCESS Macro를 사용하였다. 상관분석결과 삶의 의미와 학업만족, 학업열의 간에 유의미한 정적 상관이 나타났으며, 학업만족과 학업열의 간에도 정적 상관이 나타났다. 학업만족에 영향을 미치는 직접효과를 확인해 본 결과, 독립변인인 삶의 의미와 매개변인인 학업열의와의 직접효과는 정적으로 유의하였다. 삶의 의미와 학업만족과의 관계에서 학업열의의 간접효과를 검증한 결과 매개효과는 유의미 하였다. 중년기의 삶의 의미에 대한 통찰을 통해서 학업에 열의를 보이고 이는 학업만족으로 이어진다고 할 수 있다. 이에 성인학습자의 학업만족을 높이기 위해서는 삶의 의미를 찾을 수 있는 실질적인 교육 프로그램과 동기화 프로그램을 개발이 필요하다고 사료된다.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.41-57
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• 2009

Cognitive presence, a sense of "being there" cognitively, has recently been considered as an important indicator for students' engagement in e-learning. There is, however, no widely accepted scale to measure the level of cognitive presence since most studies have put their effort to set and clarify the conceptual framework with qualitative methodology. This study reviewed existing theories on cognitive presence and related fields extensively and developed a new self-report scale for measuring the conceived level of cognitive presence. The reliability and validity of the scale was tested against 723 undergraduate students in two consecutive studies, 418 in the preliminary and 305 in the follow-up study. Three major constructs to measure the perceived level of cognitive presence were: 1) clear understanding, 2) knowledge construction, and 3) learning management. This paper reports the final results of the two independent studies.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.11-21
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• 2023

In engineering education, stimulating students' questions and encouraging learning participation are crucial for achieving higher-order thinking abilities. This study aims to investigate the use and effect of an online communication channel in fostering engineering students' questioning abilities. Consequently, in this research, we gauged students' satisfaction with an engineering class that implemented a communication channel, and scrutinized the changes in their perceptions regarding the significance of questions, their engagement in learning, and their academic self-efficacy. In addition, we interviewed the students who participated in the class. The outcomes are as follows: Firstly, student satisfaction improved compared to the previous semester's class where the communication channel was not utilized. Secondly, learners' understanding of the importance of asking questions positively escalated, alongside their actual frequency of posing questions. Thirdly, there was an improvement in learners' active engagement in their studies and their academic self-confidence. The findings of this research suggest that communication channels should be employed to motivate learners to pose questions and involve students in effective learning.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.299-316
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• 2016

The abilities for 21st learners have recently changed and learners' engagement is emphasized. In flipped classroom, students learn the prerequisite concepts of the lecture online in advance and perform various types of activities based on interaction and engagement. As students in flipped classroom construct knowledge actively, students' engagement is very important. Therefore, I conducted a research of flipped mathematics class to help teachers to better understand students' engagement in flipped mathematics class. The flipped mathematics class was conducted for about 3 weeks with 29 middle school students and one teacher. Video and audio recordings, completed student worksheets and interview data were collected and analyzed using the qualitative method. The results of this study showed that students' engagement is influenced by diverse factors. Engagement factors were categorized by teacher factors, community factors, material factors, tasks and strategy factors, classroom culture factors. Each factor facilitates or suppresses behavioral, emotional, cognitive, agentic engagements, and sometimes several factors are related. The results of this study increase understanding of engagement through the example of a case study on flipped mathematics class.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-25
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• 2024

This study aims to analyze the impact of learners' usability perceptions of topic modeling-based visual feedback and generative AI interpretation on reflection levels in online discussions. To achieve this, we asked 17 students in the Department of Korean language education to conduct an online discussion. Text data generated from online discussions were analyzed using LDA topic modeling to extract five clusters of related words, or topics. These topics were then visualized in a network format, and interpretive feedback was constructed through generative AI. The feedback was presented on a website and rated highly for usability, with learners valuing its information usefulness. Furthermore, an analysis using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test based on levels of usability perception revealed that the group with higher perceived usability demonstrated higher levels of reflection. This suggests that well-designed and user-friendly visual feedback can significantly promote deeper reflection and engagement in online discussions. The integration of topic modeling and generative AI can enhance visual feedback in online discussions, reinforcing the efficacy of such feedback in learning. The research highlights the educational significance of these design strategies and clears a path for innovation.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.129-155
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• 2022

This study sought to design and develop an interactive video player (IVP) capable of promoting student engagement through the use of online video content. We designed features built upon interactive, constructive, active, passive (ICAP), and crowd learning frameworks. In the development stage of this study, we integrated numerous interactive features into the IVP intended to help learners shift from passive to interactive learning activities. We then explored the effectiveness and usability of the developed IVP by conducting an experiment in which we evaluated students' exam scores after using either our IVP or a conventional video player. There were 158 college students who participated in the study; 76 students in the treatment group used the IVP and 82 students in the control group used a conventional video player. Results indicate that the participants in the experiment group demonstrated better achievement than the participants in the control group. We further discuss the implications of this study based on an additional survey that was administered to disclose how usable the participants perceived the IVP to be.