Promoting Self-Regulation Through the Online Learning Community

• In Event: Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: E-Learning Research

Abstract

Adopting Zimmerman’s (1986, 1989, 1998, 2000) social cognitive model of self-regulated learning (SRL) as a theoretical framework, this study explored how students use SRL strategies developed as a learning community to complete tasks and cope with challenges in a Web-based course. Therefore, the goal of this research project was to transform the online class into a “community of survival” where students could learn self-regulatory skills by becoming models for their peers and by learning from both their peers and their instructor. This study provides online educators with a set of practical, empirically based guidelines to promote self-regulatory skills in online environments and recommends they consider their students' needs for self-regulation training as they strive to provide engaging and effective instruction.

Author

• Jackie HeeYoung Kim, Armstrong Atlantic State University