Learning Emotions in E-learning: How Do Adult Learners Feel?
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The rapid development of technology and the Internet accessibility have expanded the learning opportunities to everyone who has access to technology and the Internet. Higher education institutions have begun to integrate the use of technology into their education system, and this includes adult education. The experience of adult learners using technology to learn is an important knowledge to the field of adult learning. For decades, learning was mainly examined from the cognitive and motivational aspects and the affective processes have been ignored in the learning theories (Hascher, 2010; Kim, Park, & Cozart, 2014). The analysing of the functions of emotions among the middle-aged group for e-learning is necessary. Fourteen new students from first semester of a first-year programme in a private university, with ages ranging from 40–55 years, participated in the study. Face-to-face interviews were conducted and the participants have also submitted their journals about their emotions, learning process and experience, weekly. This study pointed out adult learners to be self and emotionally-conscious.
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CH’NG, L. K. (2019). Learning Emotions in E-learning: How Do Adult Learners Feel?. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 14(1), 34 - 46. Retrieved from https://asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/288
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Carstensen, L. L., Pasupathi, M., Mayr, U., & Nesselroade, J. R. (2000).
Emotional experience in everyday life across the adult life span. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(4), 644–655. https://www.researchgate.net
Chen, C. M., & Wang, H. P. (2011). Using emotion recognition technology to assess the effects of different multimedia materials on learning emotion and performance. Library & Information Science Research, 33(3), 244–255. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com
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Retrieved from http://www.na-businesspress.com/JHETP/ GlancyFH_Web13_3__4_.pdf
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Pappas, C. (2014). 6 tips to estimate your eLearning course length. Retrieved September 30, 2015, from http://elearningindustry.com/6-tips-estimate-elearning-course-length
Perry, R. P. (2011). The control-value theory of achievement emotions: An integrative approach to emotions in education. Emotion in Education, 13. Retrieved January 6, 2016, from https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/handle/ 123456789/1647/G%C3%83%C2%B6tz.pdf?sequence=1
Rager, K. B. (2009). I feel, therefore, I learn: The role of emotion in self‐directed learning. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 23(2), 22–33. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Russell, J. A. (1980). A circumplex model of affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(6), 1161. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0077714
Sandanayake, T., Madurapperuma, A. P., & Dias, D. (2011). Affective e-learning model for recognising learner emotions. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 1(4), 315–320. Retrieved from http://www.ijiet.org
Santhi, R., & Rajesh Kumar, P. (2007). The need for participation in open and distance education: The Open University Malaysia experience. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE), 8(4), 102–113. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov
Sharma, R. C. (2018). Innovative Applications of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (pp. 1-451). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5466-0
Shuck, B., Albornoz, C., & Winberg, M. (2013). Emotions and their effect on adult learning: A constructivist perspective. In S. M. Nielsen & M. S. Plakhotnik (eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth Annual College of Education Research Conference: Urban & International Education Section (pp. 108–113). Miami: Florida International University.
Sorić, I., Penezić, Z., & Burić, I. (2013). Big five personality traits, cognitive appraisals and emotion regulation strategies as predictors of achievement emotions. Psihologijsketeme, 22(2), 325–349. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/108516
Tian, F., Gao, P., Li, L., Zhang, W., Liang, H., Qian, Y., & Zhao, R. (2014). Recognizing and regulating e-learners’ emotions based on interactive Chinese texts in e-learning systems. Knowledge-Based Systems, 55, 148–164. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com
Wang, M. J. (2014). The current practice integration of information communication technology to English teaching and the emotions involved in blended learning. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 13(3), 188. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov
Wang, M. J., & Chen, H. C. (2012). Emotions and pair trust in asynchronous hospitality cultural exchange for students in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology-TOJET, 11(4), 119–131.Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov.
You, J. W., & Kang, M. (2014). The role of academic emotions in the relationship between perceived academic control and self-regulated learning in online learning. Computers & Education, 77, 125–133. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com.
Zakaria, M. H. (2013). E-learning 2.0 experiences within higher education: Theorising students’ and teachers’ experiences in Web 2.0 learning (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Queensland, Australia). Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net.