scholarly journals The role of digital informal learning in the relationship between students' digital competence and academic engagement during the COVID ‐19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Heidari ◽  
Mahboobe Mehrvarz ◽  
Rahmatallah Marzooghi ◽  
Slavi Stoyanov
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Digital Informal Learning ◽  
The Relationship

Workplace fun and informal learning: the mediating role of motivation to learn, learning opportunities and management support

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Taheri ◽  
Sharareh Motealleh ◽  
Jalil Younesi
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning Opportunity ◽  
Workplace Fun ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Past research shows that workplace fun has a positive effect on informal learning, however, the role of individual and organizational mediating variables in this relation has not been studied much. This study aims to examine the role of management support, motivation to learn and learning opportunity in the relationship between workplace fun and informal learning. Design/methodology/approach In this multivariate correlation study, data were collected through questionnaires. In total, 200 employees of the petrochemical industry participated. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Findings The main finding suggests that motivation to learn contributes to informal learning. Fun in the workplace has a positive and significant indirect effect on informal learning by providing a variety of opportunities to learn; the management support in the final model also mediates the relationship between workplace fun and opportunities to learn. Practical implications The results indicate the benefits of creating and maintaining fun in the workplace to improve informal learning. The authors will be better able to advise by providing abundant resources for formal training such as time, learning climate and financial resources, workplace fun can be used as a practical strategy to promote informal learning where the workplace is fun, innovation, creativity and performance improvement occur. Managers should make arrangements to spontaneously motivate employees to learn informally and provide fun and varied opportunities for informal learning. Originality/value In this study, the multiple correlations and the effect of motivation variables, learning opportunity and management support in the relationship between workplace fun and informal learning were studied. Examining how these relationships are and identifying the moderator of this relationship because of individual and environmental differences requires further studies.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Goal Orientation (Task) in the Relationship between Engagement and Academic Self-Concept in Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8323
Author(s):  
Pablo Usán Supervía ◽  
Carlos Salavera Bordás ◽  
Víctor Murillo Lorente
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Some students many not possess the necessary strategies and skills to meet the demands of academic life and develop negative attitudes, physical and mental exhaustion, and other attitudes that will undermine their personal and academic development. This study analyses the relationship and possible role of goal orientation as a mediator between engagement and academic self-concept. Methods: The study concerned a population of 1756 subjects from 12 secondary schools (ESO). The instruments used included the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale—Student (UWES-S), the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ), and the Academic Self-Concept Scale (ASCS). Results: The results revealed significant correlations between academic engagement, task-oriented goal orientation, and academic self-concept. In addition, task orientation was found to play a positive mediating role between academic engagement and academic self-concept, leading to adaptive models in secondary school students. Conclusion: These results highlight the need to promote goal orientation in order to stimulate self-determined behaviours in the school environment and improved levels of academic self-concept, which in turn will facilitate the psychological and personal development of the student and increase the chances of academic success.

scholarly journals “Want to Learn” and “Can Learn”: Influence of Academic Passion on College Students' Academic Engagement

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Xiaoxian Liu ◽  
Chunhui Qi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Henan Province ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Developmental Feedback ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Effect

Although research exists on the relationship between passion and engagement among employees, the mechanisms of academic passion on academic engagement among students needs to be elucidated. Guided by the broaden-and-build and situated cognition theories, we explored the positive effect of academic passion on academic engagement, the mediating effect of academic self-efficacy, and the role of teacher developmental feedback as a moderator in the relationship between academic passion and academic engagement. Based on a sample of 1,029 college students from universities in the Henan Province of China, the results showed that academic passion was positively related to academic engagement, academic self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between academic passion and academic engagement, and teacher developmental feedback effectively moderated the relationship between academic passion and academic engagement. These findings explained the mechanism underlying the relationship between academic passion and academic engagement. Moreover, the findings highlighted important factors that promote college students' academic engagement.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Basic Psychological Needs in the Relationship between School Culture and Academic Engagement of student

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Omid Mirzaei Fandokht ◽  
Fariborz Dortaj ◽  
Esmaeil Saadipour ◽  
Soghra Ebrahimi Ghavam ◽  
Ali Delavar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Culture ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship
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