scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Attitude towards Distance Education in the Effect of Digital Literacy Level on Satisfaction with Distance Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-574
Author(s):  
sami sever
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Literacy Level ◽  
Education Courses

This study aims to examine whether the attitudes towards distance education have a mediating role in the effect of academicians’ digital literacy levels on their satisfaction with distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected from 341 academicians who teach distance education courses at Inonu University. The academicians’ satisfaction with distance education which is the dependent variable of the study, consisted of two factors. These factors are satisfaction with the teaching of the course and satisfaction with the infrastructure. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the attitude towards distance education has a complete mediation role in the effect of digital literacy level on satisfaction with the teaching of the course in distance education, and that the attitude towards distance education has a partial mediation role in the effect of digital literacy level on satisfaction with the infrastructure.

Is it really a mediating construct?

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abubakr M.T. Suliman
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

This paper aims at exploring the mediating role of organizational commitment that continues to be one of the most controversial issues in HRM. Using a self‐administered questionnaire, 1,000 employees from 20 industrial companies were randomly selected and surveyed in order to examine this mediating role. The results revealed that organizational commitment and its two factors (normative and continuance commitment) play different roles in mediating the relationship between perceived work climate and performance, as rated by the employees themselves and their immediate supervisors. The implications of the results for both managers and researchers are also discussed in the paper.

Teaching Enterprise Systems in a Distance Education Mode

2011 ◽  
pp. 262-287
Author(s):  
Michael Rosemann
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Enterprise Systems ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Collaborative Education ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Application Hosting ◽  
Educational Market ◽  
Education Courses

This chapter discusses the needs and opportunities for teaching comprehensive business applications, Enterprise Systems, in the form of academic distance education courses. Specific factors of the educational market in Enterprise Systems such as high demand, limited resources or the increased importance of Application Hosting Centers will be described. An appropriate learning model will be selected that stresses the role of the lecturer as a moderator. The subject, Process Engineering at Queensland University of Technology, is taken as an example in order to discuss different forms of distance and also collaborative education in Enterprise Systems. The summary includes recommendations and sketches possible future directions.

scholarly journals Effect of Marketing Practices on Credit Card Usage: The Mediating Role of Consumer Attitudes

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
Dorcas Achieng Kerre
Keyword(s):  
Credit Card ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Credit Card Usage ◽  
The Relationship

Credit card use has gained popularity throughout the world.  Banks introduce the credit card service as a way of improving their revenue streams. However, in Kenya, the rate of growth in usage has rather been slow. This research surveyed credit card holders in Nairobi, Kenya with a view to investigate the effect of marketing practices on credit usage and whether consumer attitudes had a mediating effect between the two factors.   A cross-sectional survey was conducted by administering a structured questionnaire to 380 respondents. The study established that marketing practices affect credit card usage and that consumer attitudes did not significantly mediate the relationship between marketing practices and credit card usage. This paper makes a valuable contribution to managerial practice by showing how the elements of the extended marketing mix affect credit card usage. Thus it serves to inform the implementation of marketing strategy in banks by guiding on which aspects of marketing should be emphasised so as to increase credit card usage.

scholarly journals Maladaptive Perfectionism and Psychological Distress: The Mediating Role of Trait Emotional Intelligence

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Loulwah Motlaq Fares Aljaser
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Trait Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Maladaptive Perfectionism ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to reveal levels of psychological distress and maladaptive perfectionism at the students of secondary stages in Kuwait schools, and to determine the relationship between those two factors under the effect of trait emotional intelligence. The study sample was composed of (255) students from six schools located in different areas in Kuwait city. A self- administered questionnaire was used as the study instrument for collecting data. It was found that both psychological distress and maladaptive perfectionism were found at medium level, whereas trait emotional intelligence was found at the high level, Moreover it was found that trait emotional intelligence as a mediator affects the psychological distress- maladaptive perfectionism relationship.

scholarly journals Food Neophobia and Food Disgust: The Mediating Role of Perceived Vulnerability to Disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Santisi ◽  
Paola Magnano ◽  
Vittorio Edoardo Scuderi
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Food Neophobia ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability To Disease

Negative attitudes towards food are influenced by two factors, neophobia and often related disgust. Neophobia is the tendency to avoid new foods, while food disgust is the refusal of food that is considered potentially harmful to health. The study presented here aims to analyze the correlation between these two attitudes and the possible mediation operated by the perception of vulnerability to diseases, in order to understand if and how this contributes to the disgust towards certain unfamiliar foods. The study was developed through the administration of an anonymous questionnaire to a sample of 487 Italian citizens participating on a voluntary basis. Three tools were used: Food Neophobia Scale, Perceived Vulnerability to Disease, and Food Disgust Scale. The results showed a strong positive correlation between food disgust and food neophobia. Furthermore, through the application of structural mediation models, it has been shown that between food neophobia and food disgust, there is a mediation effect determined by perceived infectivity. The research aims to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the relationship between food disgust and some individual and psychological characteristics of people, demonstrating that the fear of disease transmission affects their food choices.

scholarly journals The Role of Multimedia in General and Economic Vocational Training

2003 ◽  
pp. 81-83
Author(s):  
Ágnes Sternerné Végh
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Operation Research ◽  
Application Field ◽  
Economic Application ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Education Courses

The subject of my study is the methodological question of one of the topics of operation research as an application field of mathematics. The mathematics and operation research team of our institute aims to provide up to date knowledge to our students of both regular and distance education courses. Each topic has been allotted to a different teacher, thus my responsibilities include Networks and their economic application, and my ambition is to achieve increasingly good results teaching this subject. The distance education course of our college provides the opportunity to try a wide range of methodological methods.

scholarly journals Avaliação de tecnologias educacionais em cursos a distância Evaluation of educational technologies in distance education courses

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Scorsolini-Comin ◽  
Felipe José Gameiro ◽  
David Forli Inocente ◽  
Alberto Borges Matias
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
Professional Information ◽  
Distance Courses ◽  
Education Courses

No contexto da sociedade da informação e da necessidade cada vez mais urgente de qualificação profissional para o mercado de trabalho, a educação a distância surge como uma alternativa capaz de fornecer subsídios para a formação profissional, ao possibilitar instrução flexível e de baixo custo, o que vem ocorrendo nos últimos tempos, notadamente para cursos em nível de pós-graduação, via internet. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar como as ferramentas tecnológicas de dois cursos a distância são vistas pelos alunos, assim como discutir a atuação de um profissional da informação neste contexto. Esta análise foi feita a partir de um questionário aplicado a alunos de dois cursos de MBA in company a distância. Os resultados mostraram que as ferramentas de ambos os cursos foram bem avaliadas quanto a sua funcionalidade e objetivos pedagógicos, revelando a necessidade de pesquisas mais profundas e de caráter qualitativo. Destaca-se, ainda, a atuação do profissional da informação como imprescindível no desenvolvimento, implementação e administração das tecnologias educacionais avaliadas.AbstractIn the context of information society and the increasingly urgent need of professional qualification for the job market, the distance education appears as an alternative capable of providing subsidies for vocational training enabling a highly flexible, low-cost education, what has been happening lately especially for courses at the postgraduate level via the Internet. The objective of this study was to analyze how the technological tools of two distance courses are seen by students as well as discus the role of a professional information in this context. This analyze was based on a questionnaire administered to students in two courses of a distance MBA in company. The results of the research is that the tools of both courses were well evaluated as its functionality and educational goals, besides the need to research deeper and qualitative in nature. It also noted the role of professional information in the development, implementation and administration of educational technologies. 

The role of personality in Web-based distance education courses

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyong B. Kim ◽  
Marc J. Schniederjans
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Education Courses
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