TY - JOUR AU - Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan AU - Lin, Che-Tsun AU - Chou, Chien PY - 2018/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Applying Learning Analytics to Explore the Effects of Motivation on Online Students' Reading Behavioral Patterns JF - The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning JA - IRRODL VL - 19 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v19i2.2853 UR - https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2853 SP - AB - <p class="3">This study aims to apply a sequential analysis to explore the effect of learning motivation on online reading behavioral patterns. The study’s participants consisted of 160 graduate students who were classified into three group types:  low reading duration with low motivation, low reading duration with high motivation, and high reading duration based on a second-order cluster analysis. After performing a sequential analysis, this study reveals that highly motivated students exhibited a relatively serious reading pattern in a multi-tasking learning environment, and that online reading duration was a significant indicator of motivation in taking an online course. Finally, recommendations were provided to instructors and researchers based on the results of the study.</p> ER -