Factors influencing the Web-based autonomous learning ability of Chinese Vocational College Students: An investigation in Guangdong Province

DOI

10.2991/icsshe-17.2017.141How to use a DOI?

Keywords

vocational college students, Web-based autonomous learning, ability, investigation,influencing factors

Abstract

This study carried out an investigation of students from 25 vocational colleges N=6474) in Guangdong province of China, analyzed the status and level of students' Web-based autonomous learning ability, mainly focused on 9 main factors included: Information processing ability, Intrinsic learning motivation, Learning strategies, Environmental factors, Learning meaning, Learning control, Learning anxiety, Self-efficacy and Learning management. The results indicated that the students' gender, grade and type of college (public or private) were effective factors influenced college students' Web-based autonomous learning ability. The result showed that boys were better adapted to Web-based autonomous learning than girls; Students' information processing capacity was continually grown while the students' intrinsic learning motivation of Web-based autonomous learning was decreased gradually in 3 Years. The Web-based autonomous learning ability of students in public colleges was superior to those in private colleges. The data showed that inside the environmental factors, compared with devices & tools, network access conditions and online learning resources, the teacher's support is insufficient. Correlation analysis demonstrated that four aspects of exterior environmental factors were positively related to the inner factors of learners. The author provided some suggestions for cultivating students' Web-based autonomous learning ability.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Weijie Yang
AU  - Fangfang Du
AU  - Shilin Huang
PY  - 2017/09
DA  - 2017/09
TI  - Factors influencing the Web-based autonomous learning ability of Chinese Vocational College Students: An investigation in Guangdong Province
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 3rd International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 562
EP  - 566
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsshe-17.2017.141
DO  - 10.2991/icsshe-17.2017.141
ID  - Yang2017/09
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