Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment?

The prevalence of using blogs among college students has great impact in online communication. It is therefore important to identify how learners with different characteristics use this technology. This study examines if bloggers’ cognitive styles particularly field-dependency affects students’ att...

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Main Authors:	Zahra Shahsavar, Tan Bee Hoon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/1/pp159_171.pdf

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spelling	ukm-9962016-12-14T06:28:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/ Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment? Zahra Shahsavar, Tan Bee Hoon, The prevalence of using blogs among college students has great impact in online communication. It is therefore important to identify how learners with different characteristics use this technology. This study examines if bloggers’ cognitive styles particularly field-dependency affects students’ attitudes toward blogs. The subjects were a class of undergraduate students enrolled in an obligatory course. The Group Embedded Figures Test was administered which classified them as either field dependent or field independent. Then, they were requested to respond to a questionnaire designed to assess their attitudes toward blogs on three factors: blog anxiety, blog desirability, and blog selfefficacy. Although field-dependents had lower blog anxiety, blog desirability, and blog self-efficacy than field-independents in using blogs, the difference was not statistically significant. Moreover, conclusions drawn from the interview questions support the notion that both field dependents and field independents appeared to have positive attitudes towards using blogs in a learning environment. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/1/pp159_171.pdf Zahra Shahsavar, and Tan Bee Hoon, (2011) Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment? GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 11 (1). pp. 159-171. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/gemahome.html
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description	The prevalence of using blogs among college students has great impact in online communication. It is therefore important to identify how learners with different characteristics use this technology. This study examines if bloggers’ cognitive styles particularly field-dependency affects students’ attitudes toward blogs. The subjects were a class of undergraduate students enrolled in an obligatory course. The Group Embedded Figures Test was administered which classified them as either field dependent or field independent. Then, they were requested to respond to a questionnaire designed to assess their attitudes toward blogs on three factors: blog anxiety, blog desirability, and blog selfefficacy. Although field-dependents had lower blog anxiety, blog desirability, and blog self-efficacy than field-independents in using blogs, the difference was not statistically significant. Moreover, conclusions drawn from the interview questions support the notion that both field dependents and field independents appeared to have positive attitudes towards using blogs in a learning environment.
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author_facet	Zahra Shahsavar, Tan Bee Hoon,
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title	Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment?
title_short	Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment?
title_full	Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment?
title_fullStr	Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment?
title_full_unstemmed	Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment?
title_sort	does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment?
publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate	2011
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/996/1/pp159_171.pdf
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Does cognitive style affect bloggers’ attitude in an online learning environment?

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