Publication details
A Novel Approach for the Increase in Student's Learning Motivation
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | DIVAI 2014: 10TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON DISTANCE LEARNING IN APPLIED INFORMATICS |
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| Keywords | Learning; Motivation; Multimedia application; Plant identification |
| Description | We did a pilot study of a novel internet-based system and its potential application in education. The target are university students whose study field is largely based on encyclopedical knowledge. We attempted to answer a question, whether the proposed system can be a sustainable educational tool benefiting all involved subjects, i.e. students, senior experts and public. We observed the effect of various extrinsic motivational factors: we focused primarily on how is the students' motivation influenced by minor financial reward. The results after 22 weeks of monitoring suggest the proposed system can be a sustainable tool for students' education and involvement in solving real problems. However, it was difficult to make a conclusion about the influence of motivation factors, a longer monitoring is needed. |