Promoting Self-Determined Extrinsic Motivation for Meaningful Engagement in Online Learning: Online Peer Tutoring

• In Event: 73.062 - Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: 73.062-3 - Online/Mobile Learning: Tools, Strategies, and Mentorship

Abstract

This study explored an online tutoring approach developed to improve the quality of online forums in teacher education courses. Based on self-determination theory, this session will discuss a study designed to: 1) investigate the effects of facilitating peer-tutoring activity on pre-service teachers’ basic psychological needs of self-determined extrinsic motivations (competence, autonomy, relatedness, and perceived learning outcome), and 2) explore whether peer tutoring in an online discussion foster higher mental operations than the traditional instructor-led discussion. The papers concludes with directions for future research.

Authors

• Jackie HeeYoung Kim, Armstrong State University

• Moon-Heum Cho, Sungkyunkwan University