Part 1
Discuss the following:
What does education literature offer as some of the key factors that usually serve as motivation for adult learners to return to school?
What should the balance be between self-motivation and external motivation in online education?
What does the literature say about these internal and external motivations in online learning?
How important is cognitive load theory when considering learner motivation, whether childhood learners or adults?
Part 2
Discuss the following:
You are preparing to teach a 14-week course in business writing at the local penitentiary. How might you incorporate the principles of
self-regulation into your instruction and into your assessment and evaluation of participants?
How do you relate the theory of self-efficacy to self-regulation and self-motivation in high school educational settings?
How might you have to take self-efficacy and self-perception into account if you are designing a classroom course for learners who will
be in a mixed class of factory assembly workers, supervisors, and midlevel managers?
What obstacles can you see in trying to help eighth-graders learn the use of self-reflection in their learning processes?