The Effect of E-Learning Readiness on Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Students’ Behavioral Tendency to Web-based Learning: The Mediating Role of Motivational Beliefs

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of e-learning readiness on self-regulated learning strategies and students' behavioral tendency to learn on the web.

The present study is applied in terms of its purpose and it is descriptive-correlational in terms of its nature and method. The participants of this study were the whole students of Tabriz Payam-e-Noor University in 2016-2017. Among whom 223 were chosen using stratified random sampling method. Four types of measurement instruments were used in the present study including e-learning readiness of Watkins et al. (2004), motivating beliefs of Pintrige et al., (1991), Self-regulated learning strategies in online and web-based learning of Bernard et al., (2008), and behavioral tendency to web-based learning of Davis et al., (1989). Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data in AMOS and SPSS software.

The findings of this study indicated that the given conceptual model was confirmed statistically with respect to the goodness of fit indices. Moreover, e-learning readiness through the mediating role of motivational beliefs has direct, positive and significant effect on the motivational beliefs and indirect positive and significant effect on self-regulated learning strategies and behavioral tendency to web-based learning. In addition, motivational beliefs have direct positive and significant effect on self-regulated learning strategies and behavioral tendencies in web-based learning. The direct effect of e-learning readiness on e-learning strategies and behavioral tendency toward web learning was positive but was not statistically significant.

E-learning readiness has a positive and significant effect on students’ motivational beliefs. So, increasing the amount of this factor will increase the students’ motivation in the web-based educational environment and their success.