Examining correlation between online readiness and content-type preferences of adult learners in an online learning environment     
Yazarlar (4)
Muhittin Şahin
Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Öğr. Gör. Cennet TERZİ MÜFTÜOĞLU Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Savaş Ceylan
Türkiye
Salim Atay
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Dergi ISSN 1049-4820 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2025
Cilt No 33
Sayı 6
Sayfalar 1 / 16
DOI Numarası 10.1080/10494820.2025.2454431
Makale Linki https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10494820.2025.2454431
Özet
Current research has two main aims: (a) to identify adults’ content type preferences and (b) examine correlation between adults’ content type preferences and online readiness in online learning environments. For this purpose, the research was conducted as a survey research. The research examined five types of content namely; video, interactive video, textual content, presentation, and video conference, as well as four psycho-educational constructs, which are self-efficacy, self-directed learning, learner control, and motivation as online readiness. A questionnaire was administered to adult learners to identify their preferences, and Configural Frequency Analysis was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that adults with low levels of psycho-educational constructs tended to prefer only one type of interaction, such as video, presentation, or video conference, while those with high levels of these constructs …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Adult learners | online learning environment | types of content | preferences of the content types | online readiness | configural frequency analysis