Exploration of Factors Affecting Learners' Motivation in E-learning

Abstract

The world is changing rapidly, so is academics. E-learning has altered the area of academics and education. ICT enabled learning has given ideal services to students by providing any type of content on demand which is proportional to the performance of students. The concentration of learner has been found instinctive; thus there is a need of engaging mind towards course progress with its entirety till the objectives of the course will be achieved. There are several e-learning platforms available as EdX, Udacity, Khan Academy, Alison those have a number of learners registered for various courses. Studies suggest that these platforms suffer from the common problem of learners’ dropping out. Investigations also claim early leaving rate is increasing due to lack of quality of content, distraction factors, learners’ mind change, outdated and succinct information, and some more detraction factors. These issues have been observed on the basis of early leaving rates in various MOOCs. Thus there is a mammoth scope for minimizing the impact of these reasons on the learners’ mind. It can be achieved by identifying these factors affecting learners’ motivation during the course. This study is aiming on identifying these factors. The approach is to explore some certain keywords on previous literature (total 41) and then calculating their frequencies and co-factors associated with them. Both grouped factors contribution and individual factor contribution have been taken care. The study gives a direction for future work towards overcoming these actor and engaging learners in ICT enabled learning.

Higher Education Students’ Challenges on Flexible Online Learning Implementation in the Rural Areas: A Philippine Case

“…According to the literature, both students and teachers face several difficulties when engaged in online learning (Andersson & Gronlund, 2017;Arinto, 2016;Baticulon et al, 2021;Dubey & Piroska, 2019;Gilbert, 2015;Gillet-Swan, 2017;Islam et al, 2015). For instance, FOL removes the human connection, which reduces student participation, engagement, and the professors' ability to adjust instructional content and lectures (Shore, 2020).In addition, Friedman (2020) enumerated a number of challenges as technological difficulties, interruption, organizational skills, lack of motivation, understanding learning objectives, lack of peer review and direct interaction, adjusting to different technological advancements, and fear of the future.…”

Motivating Factors Influencing Online Learning Among University Students: A Study of a Private University in Malaysia

“…They believed that unprecedented challenges in technology like electricity issue, bad signals, delay voice and blur pictures really give negative influences on their faith and ability to comprehend the delivered learning materials. This situation was revealed as a demotivating factor and students are more likely to drop out of online courses (Dubey, Piroska & Gautam, 2019).…”

“…Motivation has a direct impact on learners' motivation to complete a course (Dubey, Piroska & Gautam, 2019). Students' abilities in traditional education might not be adequate to maintain high motivation in online learning.…”

“…The research states that online learning offer students some versatility in terms of time, location, and pace. Past studies have found that lack of time and lack of motivation are the main factors associated with learner attrition in online courses (Selvi, 2010;Dubey, Piroska & Gautam, 2019). Fostering motivation to learn is one of the key principles for effective instruction.…”

Gamification on Chatbot-Based Learning Media: a Review and Challenges

“…A variety of variables may influence students' desire to learn to utilize e-Learning. Quality of material and instructor competency, internet difficulties and a lack of learning resources (equipment), and time management, including flexibility in monitoring learning progress, are only a few of the variables [9], [10]. Furthermore, motivation in e-Learning is influenced by the teaching-learning process and the technique of assessing and evaluating information [11].…”