TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-regulation in open-ended online assignment tasks
T2 - The importance of initial task interpretation and goal setting
AU - Beckman, Karley
AU - Apps, Tiffani
AU - Bennett, Sue
AU - Dalgarno, Barney
AU - Kennedy, Gregor
AU - Lockyer, Lori
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - With an increase in technology to mediate learning and a shift to more student-centred approaches, open-ended online assignment tasks are becoming more common in higher education. Open-ended tasks offer opportunities for students to develop their own interpretations of the requirements, and online technologies offer greater flexibility and afford new types of interactions with teachers and other students. This paper presents a study of students' task interpretation and self-set goals in the context of five open-ended online assignment tasks. The findings presented in this paper demonstrate the importance of a high-quality task understanding for goal setting and suggest practical implications for task design and support.
AB - With an increase in technology to mediate learning and a shift to more student-centred approaches, open-ended online assignment tasks are becoming more common in higher education. Open-ended tasks offer opportunities for students to develop their own interpretations of the requirements, and online technologies offer greater flexibility and afford new types of interactions with teachers and other students. This paper presents a study of students' task interpretation and self-set goals in the context of five open-ended online assignment tasks. The findings presented in this paper demonstrate the importance of a high-quality task understanding for goal setting and suggest practical implications for task design and support.
KW - goal setting
KW - online learning environments
KW - open-ended tasks
KW - self-regulated learning
KW - Task understanding
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U2 - 10.1080/03075079.2019.1654450
DO - 10.1080/03075079.2019.1654450
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071042836
VL - 46
SP - 821
EP - 835
JO - Studies in Higher Education
JF - Studies in Higher Education
SN - 0307-5079
IS - 4
ER -