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Motivation in Online Education

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Authors:
  1. Maggie Hartnett

    1. Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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  • Is the first book to synthesize research on learner motivation in online settings supported by a range of motivation theories and frameworks

  • Provides a comprehensive overview for readers interested in learner motivation in e-learning contexts

  • Adopts a contemporary ‘person-in-context’ view that acknowledges the complexity and dynamic interplay of various personal, social and contextual factors that influence motivation

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Maggie Hartnett
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Importance of Motivation in Online Learning

    • Maggie Hartnett
    Pages 5-32

  4. The Case Studies

    • Maggie Hartnett
    Pages 33-75

  5. What Do the Case Studies Tell Us About Motivation?

    • Maggie Hartnett
    Pages 77-113

  6. Motivation Guidelines for Teachers, Designers and Learners

    • Maggie Hartnett
    Pages 115-126

  7. Concluding Remarks

    • Maggie Hartnett
    Pages 127-134
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About this book

This work explores and explicates learner motivation in online learning environments. More specifically, it uses a case-study approach to examine undergraduate students’ motivation within two formal and separate online learning contexts. In doing so, it recognizes the mutually constitutive relationship of the learner and the learning environment in relation to motivation. This is distinctive from other approaches that tend to focus on designing and creating motivating environments or, alternatively, concentrate on motivation as a stable learner characteristic. In particular, this book identifies a range of factors that can support or undermine learner motivation and discusses each in detail. By unraveling the complexity of learner motivation in such environments, it provides useful guidelines for teachers, instructional designers and academic advisors tasked with building and teaching within online educational contexts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    Maggie Hartnett

About the author

Maggie Hartnett is a senior lecturer in the Institute of Education at Massey University, New Zealand, where she coordinates and teaches in the area of e-learning at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. Her research interests include motivation and engagement in technology enhanced environments, teaching and learning with digital technologies, support for digital learners, digital places, and spaces of learning. Maggie is an executive member of Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand and is an associate editor of the New Zealand based Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Motivation in Online Education

  • Authors: Maggie Hartnett

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0700-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0698-2Published: 22 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9230-5Published: 25 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0700-2Published: 08 March 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 134

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Learning & Instruction, Educational Technology, Teaching and Teacher Education

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