Self-assessment and self-evaluation of online learning

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Nuotolinis mokymas; Nuotolinis mokymasis; Savianalizė; Savęs vertinimas; Savęs įsivertinimas; Studentų įsivertinimas; Online learning; Self-evaluation; Student self-assessment.

ENSelf-assessment and self-evaluation of online learning Students of two Lithuanian universities studied for a Bachelor's degree in two specializations: sociocultural education and business management. The purpose of this research was to examine students' attitudes to various online activities that they have to do in learning professional vocabulary and checking listening comprehension in English. The methods of the research include the administration of a designed questionnaire, analysis of students' responses and their statistical treatment by a means of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Moreover, students' self-evaluated their knowledge of professional vocabulary and ability to follow authentic recordings. The self-evaluation results are analyzed for both samples of participants. The research supports the view that use of technology in the classroom is beneficial. In general, respondents are content with their class activities in doing online exercises and basically their attitudes depend on the types of exercises: students are positive about easy formats and negative about more difficult formats. Generally, students believe that collaborative learning in class is beneficial for increasing communicative ability they will need in their future jobs. Statistical computations of Spearman's correlation coefficients show that there are good correlations among responses of students' of both universities at the significance levels either 0.05, i.e. at the probability of 95%, or 0.01, i.e. at the probability of 99%, and the values of Spearman's coefficients vary between 0.705 and 0.863. These results mean that the relationships are not likely to be due to chance and may be extended beyond the studied samples despite their smallness. [From the publication]