E-Learning and Students' Motivation: A Research Study on the Effect of E-Learning on Language Teaching and Learning

Web-based learning is used nowadays as another option to face to face language teaching and learning. Although the e-learning term and tools do exist for over a decade, the educational research field has not given enough attention to the study of student motivation under the effect of e-learning. Online platforms could be used as an aid to deliver e-content and to provide various possibilities for implementing asynchronous e-learning web-based modules. In today's modern learning scenario, it is believed that appropriate utilization of sophisticated tools of e-learning has generally been recommended in order to yield best possible results. In online education, students have autonomy, as they are free to decide what they want-where-when they want to study. Self-regulated learners are described as learners who are active participants in their learning process. The purpose of this study is to investigate self-regulation in Online Language Courses. As self-regulated learning is very important in settings of online education, measurement and adequate support of it are very important. Possible differences between age groups will be examined. A questionnaire will be used and administrated to potential/actual students. The significance of this study is that it will raise the awareness of academic staff to the importance of using the interactive features of e-learning as an important asset in teaching.