Investigating the Relationship between the Effects of Motivation, Personal Development and Basic Computer Usage Upon the Student Success in Distance Education Via the Structural Equation Modeling

Year 2016, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 51 - 62, 01.08.2016

Hakan Kör Hasan Erbay Emre Dünder Emre Demir

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.16.09.3.2

Abstract

Objective.
This study determined the factors affecting the academic success of students
receiving distance education and examines the relationships between these
factors. As a result of the factor analysis, the relationships between the
variables of motivation, personal development and basic computer usage that
were separated into groups were tested using the structural equation modeling.
Methods. A 5 point likert scale that was prepared according to expert opinion
was applied to the sample group consisting of students receiving associate
degree education at Kırıkkale University Distance Education Center (KUZEM). The
study hypothesis presented a relationship between the variables of motivation,
personal development and basic computer usage that were asserted to have an
effect upon the student success. The hypothesis test was performed using the
structural equation modeling. Findings. This part involves the results of the
structural equation modeling that tested the reliability analysis, factor
analysis and the study hypothesis. Results. (1) Variables in the variable group
involving questions aimed at students in the process of education like “have
you received distance education?”, “are efficient materials being used” and
“what is your level of using the presentation program”, (2) Among the variable
groups whose effects upon the student success were examined, there is a
two-sided and significant relationship between the motivation and the personal
development level, (3) There is no significant relationship between the basic
computer usage and the personal development.

Keywords

Distance Education, Structural Equation Modeling, Motivation, Academic Success

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