Do Individuals' Levels of Self-Regulation Determine Online Students' Perceptions About Community of Inquiry and Their Learning Outcome?

• In Event: 68.051 - Revisiting the Community of Inquiry (CoI)

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of students’ self-regulated learning (SRL) on their perceptions of community of inquiry (CoI) and their affective outcomes (attitudes and self-efficacy). A total of 180 college students enrolled in an online course participated in the study. Using the cluster analysis method, students’ SRL levels were grouped into four levels (High regulators, Mid regulators lacking efforts, Mid regulators lacking values, and Low regulators). ANOVA revealed that high self-regulated students demonstrated a stronger sense of CoI and achieved higher affective outcomes, compared to low self-regulated students. The finding supports that students’ SRL should be added as an influential factor to the framework of community of inquiry.

Authors

• Moon-Heum Cho, Sungkyunkwan University

• Yanghee Kim, Northern Illinois University

• DongHo Choi, Sungkyunkwan University

• Moonkyoung Byun, Sungkyunkwan University