E-Learning and Students’ Motivation: A Research Study on the Effect of E-Learning on Language Teaching and Learning
Maria Tsourela, Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia (Greece)
Dimitris Paschaloudis, Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia (Greece)
Vaya Barba, Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia (Greece)
Abstract
Web-based learning is used nowadays as another option to face to face language teaching and learning. Although the e-learning term and tools do exist for over a decade, the educational research field has not given enough attention to the study of student motivation under the effect of e-learning. Online platforms could be used as an aid to deliver e-content and to provide various possibilities for implementing asynchronous e-learning web-based modules. In today’s modern learning scenario, it is believed that appropriate utilization of sophisticated tools of e-learning has generally been recommended in order to yield best possible results.This reserach paper will show that the use of interactive features of e-learning increases the motivation of language learning students for the learning process. A questionnaire will be developed and administrated to potential/actual students. The main objective of the questionnaire will be to reveal the perceptions of students regarding the use of e-learning pedagogical tools in a language classroom. Next, according to the aquired information, strategies to enhance the practical application of e-learning tools in classroom-based language teaching will be provided. The significance of this study is that it will raise the awareness of academic staff to the importance of using the interactive features of e-learning as an important asset in teaching.
Keywords: e-learning, motivation, language learning, web-based education;