Gamification as a Promoting Tool of Motivation for Creating Sustainable Higher Education Institutions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(5), P. 2599 - 2599

Published: Feb. 23, 2022

Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) are responsible for creating healthy and sustainable environments students teachers through diverse educational paradigms such as gamification. In this sense, the Healthy People 2030 Sustainable Development Goals indicated imperative to provide inclusive equitable quality education promote a environment life. The principal objective was analyse impact of gamification on health development in HEIs, highlighting their positive negative effects. To achieve an objective, bibliometric analysis carried out. 257 documents showed no significant increasing trend last decade (p > 0.05) related pandemic. Most publications were conferences (45%), few published articles with more citations < 0.001). According index Journal Citation Reports, there differences between journals journal co-citations that leading (such Computers Human Behavior) had part clusters formed 0.001), conditioning also keywords, especially term “motivation”. These findings discussed, concluding experimental studies focused teachers’ adverse effects yet come.

Language: Английский

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Technostress and academic motivation: direct and indirect effects on university students' psychological health

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: June 30, 2023

Introduction Research has well demonstrated that the pandemic entailed several implications among university students worldwide in terms of increased use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), technostress, disruptions academic goals motivation processes, growing psychological suffering. Responding to new research need go in-depth into processes linking technostress dimensions inform current research/interventions, present study aimed explore direct effects perceived Technostress (Techno-Overload, Work-Home Conflict, Pace Change, Techno-Ease, Techno-Reliability, Techno-Sociality) Academic Motivation (Amotivation, Intrinsic, Extrinsic dimensions) on students' levels Anxiety/Depression test potential indirect effect (mediating role) associations between health conditions. Methods Overall, 1,541 from five European countries (Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Serbia, United Kingdom) completed a survey comprising Background Form, Scale, Scale-College, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale. Hayes' PROCESS tool was used (mediating) effects. Results Data revealed Techno-Overload, Amotivation, Motivation-Introjected had negative effect, whereas Techno-Sociality, all Intrinsic dimensions, Motivation-Identified protective role for health. The significant fully supported. Discussion Findings allow gaining further insight pathways relationships motivation, health, be phase, featured by complete restoration face-to-face contacts, development tailored interventions, which address lights shadows technology use, take account necessity enhance its potentials yet without impairing

Language: Английский

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Influence of Individual-technology-task-environment Fit on University Student Online Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive Engagement

Education and Information Technologies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 28(12), P. 15949 - 15968

Published: May 4, 2023

Language: Английский

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Psychological Health Conditions and COVID-19-Related Stressors Among University Students: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Jan. 5, 2022

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has broadly impacted university students’ customary life, resulting in remarkable levels of stress and psychological suffering. Although the acute phase crisis been overcome, it does not imply that perceived related to risk contagion changes relational life experienced over more than 1 year will promptly abruptly decrease. This study aims at comparing health conditions before during COVID-19 pandemic, but also providing information on how evolved pandemic. We analyzed data from a repeated cross-sectional survey different samples students 2017 ( n = 545) 671). During were collected three stages (Stage 1, April 2020 197; Stage 2, November 274; 3, 2021 200). Student Stress Questionnaire (CSSQ) Symptom-Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) used assess, respectively, COVID-19-related stressors (Relationships Academic Life, Isolation, Fear Contagion) presence symptoms. Psychological compared baseline whereas both stages. In addition, Logistic Regression was explore associations between Findings revealed significant increase symptoms Depression (DEP), Phobic-Anxiety (PHOB), Obsessive-Compulsive (O-C), Psychoticism (PSY) pre Perceived specific significantly increased as progressing. emerged associated with several psychopathological are discussed aim tailored interventions prevent mental disease promote adjustment this stage transition within exceptional global emergency.

Language: Английский

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The research on the impact of distance learning on students’ mental health

Education and Information Technologies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 28(10), P. 12527 - 12539

Published: March 11, 2023

Language: Английский

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School-Aged Students’ Sustainable Online Learning Engagement during COVID-19: Community of Inquiry in a Chinese Secondary Education Context

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 13(18), P. 10147 - 10147

Published: Sept. 10, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread all over world, many educational institutions have shifted a full-time online teaching mode. Although has been widely explored, unprecedented initiatives of mass-scale education at secondary school level are yet be unravelled. By using qualitative approach and drawing on conceptualisation learning engagement Community Inquire model as conceptual frameworks, this study explored how students in China engaged with during what factors influenced their sustainable engagement. This research examined perspectives twenty-four five teachers through semi-structured interviews observations classes. Findings indicate that students’ involved three inter-related categories: emotional, cognitive behavioural Contextual influencing sustainability were identified by participants, including teacher presence, parental involvement, supportive environment/community. The findings paper implications for development, family support establishment e-teaching platforms emergency remote young students. Finally, puts forward best practices development future public crises.

Language: Английский

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Scientific Review and Annotated Bibliography of Teaching in Higher Education Academies on Online Learning: Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(19), P. 12006 - 12006

Published: Sept. 22, 2022

Since COVID-19 first appeared, e-learning has become more and common. In order to understand gender disparities in e-learners’ self-efficacy, satisfaction, motivation, attitude, performance globally, this study will look at these variables. Many educational institutions have been forced close due the sudden outbreak, many students stay home take online courses. With recent pandemic underway, there were challenges with STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) modules other teaching contents practical laboratory sessions workshops required. Thus, need style, learning its role promoting a variety of desirable academic outcomes, such as increased achievement decreased dropout rates, well various well-being life advanced significantly. paper, scientific review on Higher Education Academies (HEA) for is presented their frontiers towards sustainable education. The current work also gives an annotated bibliography that aims consolidate synthesise literature student engagement, learning, social media, teacher learning/training. Some conclusions recommendations made study.

Language: Английский

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Profiles of vocational college students’ achievement emotions in online learning environments: Antecedents and outcomes

Computers in Human Behavior, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 138, P. 107452 - 107452

Published: Aug. 28, 2022

Language: Английский

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Online Learning Stress and Chinese College Students’ Academic Coping during COVID-19: The Role of Academic Hope and Academic Self-Efficacy

The Journal of Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 157(2), P. 95 - 120

Published: Dec. 2, 2022

Colleges around the world have adopted emergency online learning to continue with teaching and activities during COVID-19. Existing research has indicated that this mode is perceived negatively by many college students. The difficulty students encounter in can adversely affect their mental health academic performance. To shed further light on how may impeded students' functioning adjustment, study examined association between stress coping mediating roles of self-efficacy hope. It was conducted early 2021, a year after outbreak pandemic. Ninety-nine Chinese Hong Kong were recruited they completed an questionnaire for study. Results showed associated approach social support seeking, associations mediated On other hand, positively avoidance coping, which not mediation effects all non-significant. In sum, used more passive maladaptive handle problems when experienced stress, partly explained lower levels

Language: Английский

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Assessing the effect of innovation diffusion and technology readiness theories on attitude, behavioral intention and implementation of smart learning

Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 30(4), P. 657 - 675

Published: July 23, 2023

Purpose This study assesses the impact of innovation diffusion theory (IDT), technology readiness index (TRI) and acceptance model (TAM) on actual use smart learning. also accounts for country-digital culture by moderating effects resistance to change (RTC) mediating role attitude. Design/methodology/approach The authors gather data from 301 respondents various academic institutions in United Arab Emirates (UAE) operationalizing established theoretical constructs. adopt a covariance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. Findings results reveal that IDT TRI significantly positively affect attitudes toward implementing Besides, attitude fully mediates relationship between IDT, constructs behavioral intention (BI). Moreover, this proves RTC plays major converging BI place learning into use. Research limitations/implications limitation authors' work is employs cross-sectional UAE only, were gathered during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Practical implications stakeholders administrators government can benefit findings improve efficiency effectiveness implementation learning, which will contribute achieving administrators' strategic objectives. Originality/value originality stems incorporation TAM case post-COVID-19 scenarios.

Language: Английский

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