[Factors influencing learning achievement of nursing students in E-learning].
OBJECTIVE
This study was done to identify self-directed learning readiness, achievement goal orientations, learning satisfaction and learning achievement, and to evaluate the factors affecting learning achievement for nursing students using a web-based Health Assessment e-Book.


METHODS
The research design was a cross-sectional study with a structured questionnaire and data were collected before using the web-based Health Assessment e-Book and 1 week after finishing. The participants were 80 nursing students who were taking the Health Assessment class from March to June 2009.


RESULTS
Mean score for subjective learning achievement was 31.26 and for objective learning achievement, 69.25. Subjective and objective learning achievement were positively correlated with self-directed learning readiness, mastery goal, attitude toward distance education, and learning satisfaction. In subjective learning achievement, learning satisfaction and mastery goal were significant predictive factors and explained 64% of the variance. Objective learning achievement was significantly predicted by learning satisfaction and self-directed learning readiness, which explained 24% of the variance.


CONCLUSIONS
Learning satisfaction, mastery goal and self-directed learning readiness were found to be very important factors associated with learning achievement for nursing students using a web-based Health Assessment e-Book. To provide high quality and effective web-based courses and to improve nursing students' learning achievement and learning satisfaction, educators should consider the learner's characteristics from the initial stages of lecture planning.
Park
Jin-Hee
JH
College of Nursing, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
Lee
Eunha
E
Bae
Sun Hyoung
SH
D000328:Adult; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires