The Effect of Student Interactions and Internet Self-Efficacy on Satisfaction in Two Synchronous Interwise Course Sessions Yu-Chun Kuo Yu-Tung Kuo Andrew Walker
Purpose An examination of the relationships between predictors (learner-learner interaction, learner-instructor interaction, and Internet self-efficacy) and student satisfaction
Literature Review Interaction Learner-learner interaction Learner-instructor interaction Internet self-efficacy the belief in one’s capability to organize and execute courses of Internet actions required to produce given attainments
Course Implementation 2 weeks of online sessions & 14 weeks of traditional face-to- face sessions online synchronous sessions: Interwise technology tools Interwise: A Web conferencing tool that provides individuals the opportunities of real-time communications by voice and graphics over the Internet (Academic Technology Center, 2006).
Sample Course: Introduction to Transportation Technology, Department of Industrial Technology Education (ITE), National Taiwan Normal University The return rate: 88%.
Measurement A questionnaire: four major sections (student basic information, student perceptions of two types of interactions, Internet self- efficacy and student satisfaction) Interaction & satisfaction: A 5–point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) Internet self-efficacy scale: A 7-point scale that ranged from 1 (very unlikely) to 7 (very likely)
Data Collection and Analysis Paper-based and electronic surveys SPSS
Descriptive Information Interactions & SatisfactionMeanStd. Deviation α learner-learner interaction (7 items) learner-instructor interaction (8 items) Internet self-efficacy (8 items) Satisfaction (5 items)
Correlation analyses learner- learner learner- instructor Internet self- efficacysatisfaction learner-learner -.462** ** learner-instructor -.523**.747** Internet self-efficacy -.398** satisfaction -
Regression analyses Variables BSE BβtpToleranceVIF (Constant) learner-learner ** learner-instructor *** Internet self- efficacy
Conclusions Learner-learner and learner-instructor interactions are both good predictors of student satisfaction Learner-instructor interaction was found to be the strongest predictor in this study, compared to learner-learner interaction