The influence of computer self-efficacy, metacognitive self-regulation and self-esteem on student engagement in online learning programs: Evidence from the virtual world of Second Life

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Highlights:

• A total worldwide number of 305 students enrolled in this empirical study.

• Socio-cognitive constructs of motivation examined that may predict the students’ engagement.

• Predictors include computer self-efficacy, metacognitive self-regulation and self-esteem.

• The predictive association of socio-cognitive and engagement factors were measured.

• Self-efficacy predicted the overall engagement mostly in an absolute value.

摘要

•A total worldwide number of 305 students enrolled in this empirical study.•Socio-cognitive constructs of motivation examined that may predict the students’ engagement.•Predictors include computer self-efficacy, metacognitive self-regulation and self-esteem.•The predictive association of socio-cognitive and engagement factors were measured.•Self-efficacy predicted the overall engagement mostly in an absolute value.

论文关键词:Second Life,Student’s engagement,Self-efficacy,Metacognitive self-regulation,Self-esteem

论文评审过程:Available online 27 March 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.048