Measuring Online Learning Self-Efficacy: A Multidimensional Tool

• In Event: Investigating Ways of Evaluating, Measuring, Predicting, and Profiling Online Attitudes and Behaviors

Abstract

This study reports the development and validation of the Online Learning Self-efficacy Scale (OLSS) for online students. The original 73 OLSS items, developed through a comprehensive review of literature and a content and validity review process, were sent out through a survey to the online students in a university in the southern region of the United States. The data from 366 online students who responded to the survey were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factory analyses with a structural equation modeling approach. The final validated OLSS consists of 31 items loading on four factors: Technology use self-efficacy (TU); Online learning task self-efficacy (OLT), Instructor and peer interaction and communication self-efficacy (IPIC), and Self-regulation and motivation efficacy (SRM).

Authors

• Yan Sun, Mississippi State University

• Reenay R. H. Rogers, University of West Alabama