Psychosocial Well-Being of Israeli Students and Attitudes toward Open and Distance Learning

This article reports on a study conducted in Israel at an academic institution. The study investigates the correlation between students’ attitudes toward open and distance learning (ODL) and their perceived self-esteem and loneliness at the last stage of their online learning experience. For this st...

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Autores principales:	Gila Kurtz, Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Jeffrey Kantor
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2009
Materias:	Attitudes toward ODL perceived well-being UCLA Loneliness Scale fully online courses Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/fa7b170ee61e4f45a33bae8ed271cd41
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fa7b170ee61e4f45a33bae8ed271cd412021-12-02T19:20:49ZPsychosocial Well-Being of Israeli Students and Attitudes toward Open and Distance Learning10.19173/irrodl.v10i2.5931492-3831https://doaj.org/article/fa7b170ee61e4f45a33bae8ed271cd412009-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/593https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This article reports on a study conducted in Israel at an academic institution. The study investigates the correlation between students’ attitudes toward open and distance learning (ODL) and their perceived self-esteem and loneliness at the last stage of their online learning experience. For this study, 120 students were asked to complete a questionnaire. The students were enrolled in three fully online academic courses, which were similar in their instructional design approach although different in content. Findings reveal that there is a positive correlation between self-esteem and attitudes toward e-learning in general and toward online interaction with the instructor in particular. The findings further suggest that there is no correlation between loneliness and student attitudes toward e-learning. Some explanations for these results are raised as are recommendations for further research.Gila KurtzYair Amichai-HamburgerJeffrey KantorAthabasca University PressarticleAttitudes toward ODLperceived well-beingUCLA Loneliness Scalefully online coursesSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2009)
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description	This article reports on a study conducted in Israel at an academic institution. The study investigates the correlation between students’ attitudes toward open and distance learning (ODL) and their perceived self-esteem and loneliness at the last stage of their online learning experience. For this study, 120 students were asked to complete a questionnaire. The students were enrolled in three fully online academic courses, which were similar in their instructional design approach although different in content. Findings reveal that there is a positive correlation between self-esteem and attitudes toward e-learning in general and toward online interaction with the instructor in particular. The findings further suggest that there is no correlation between loneliness and student attitudes toward e-learning. Some explanations for these results are raised as are recommendations for further research.
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title	Psychosocial Well-Being of Israeli Students and Attitudes toward Open and Distance Learning
title_short	Psychosocial Well-Being of Israeli Students and Attitudes toward Open and Distance Learning
title_full	Psychosocial Well-Being of Israeli Students and Attitudes toward Open and Distance Learning
title_fullStr	Psychosocial Well-Being of Israeli Students and Attitudes toward Open and Distance Learning
title_full_unstemmed	Psychosocial Well-Being of Israeli Students and Attitudes toward Open and Distance Learning
title_sort	psychosocial well-being of israeli students and attitudes toward open and distance learning
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publishDate	2009
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Psychosocial Well-Being of Israeli Students and Attitudes toward Open and Distance Learning

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