The Influence of Value Components in Online Learning

Classroom of this post-covid era has shown that online learning is here to stay.Higher institutions are using online mode learning as part of the course structure.Interestingly, there are as many studies done to report benefits as well as drawbacks of online learning.This quantitative study is done to explore the motivational factors for online learning.This study is anchored on Expectancy-Value theory and Social Learning theory to explore the concept of the importance of value in online learning motivation.This study also explores the relationship between value components in online motivation among learners.The instrument used is a questionnaire with three main variables; value, expectancy and social support.Statistical analysis revealed interesting findings for this study.An overall analysis revealed that the highest mean is Value.This is followed by Social Support and lowest mean is Expectancy.In addition to that, the findings also revealed that there is a higher correlation between value and social support than between value and expectancy.The findings of this study added to the body of knowledge to understand the concept of motivation for online learning.