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What is Learner Motivation

Chapter 209
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
is a complex, abstract concept associated with why students desire to participate in the learning process and what drives them to persist while others do not (Franken, 1982). Learner motivation is often defined as being intrinsic, where learners are interested in the course content, or extrinsic, where learners are interested in earning a course grade or credit.
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Motivating the Adult Learner Online
Audrey J. Styer (Morton College, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 5
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch209
Abstract
An understanding of learner motivation is important to all educators, particularly those teaching online where learners need to be more motivated to achieve (Miltiadou & Savenye, 2003; Pintrich, 2003; Palloff & Pratt, 2003; Beffa-Negrini et al., 2002; Roblyer, 1999). As educators strive to create better online courses that motivate learners to be successful, substantive theories on online adult learner motivation are essential to have as benchmarks against which to pattern best practices.
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Intelligent Self-Regulation: Bridging AI and Learning Science to Support Student Success
A learner feeling encouraged to engage in and persist through an instructional strategy.
Published in Chapter: Intelligent Self-Regulation: Bridging AI and Learning Science to Support Student Success; From: Supporting Self-Regulated Learning and Student Success in Online Courses
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