Article "Science writing in the blogosphere as a tool to promote autonomous motivation in education"

Ayu Rina Dwi Utari
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26th article

"Science writing in the blogosphere as a tool to promote autonomous motivation in education"

To establish a collaboratibe learning environment a study chose team-based science-writing blogs, a choice grouded in the Self Determination Theory. This theory posits that a sense of autonomy, competence and relatedness are essential requirements to perform a task in an autonomous-motivated fashion. This theory gave the positive effects in qualitative and quantitative analyses. The conclution that web-based learning triggersmotivation to learn autonomously and discuss how task authenticity may play an important role in this process.