Fatores motivadores da realização de disciplinas em ead: um estudo sob a ótica da teoria da autodeterminação

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the motivational factors that affect the students of campus undergraduate in demand for subjects taught in distance mode. We applied a questionnaire in a sample consisting of 217 students of a public institution. The data collection instrument had 5 descriptive questions, 3 essay questions and 11 dichotomous questions. In the methodological procedures, we estimated some logistic regressions and we did some content analyses seeking to identify why some students have motivation for conducting courses in the distance mode while other students have not. As main results, we found that intrinsic and extrinsic factors affect students’ motivation for conducting subjects taught in distance education mode. We found also a strong prejudice related to distance learning, generated mainly by suspicion about the quality of teaching of this mode of education.