Active participation in collaborative activities as a precursor for emotional engagement and academic success in online higher education language learning
Examines the effects of collaborative tasks on engagement and academic outcomes in online language learners, indicating the importance of collaboration.
Key Points
The study aims to investigate the role of collaborative tasks in enhancing learner engagement and academic success in online language education.
Data collected from over 8,000 students across three semesters in an online EFL course.
Explored learner perceptions of collaboration through end-of-course surveys.
Analyzed the effects of collaboration on motivation and perceived learning gains using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Students showed ambivalence towards group work but acknowledged benefits of collaboration.
Collaborative tasks led to increased feelings of closeness to classmates.
Higher perceptions of language improvement were reported by those participating in group work.
A significant rise in motivation was observed by the end of the course.