Technical confidence using digital learning tools is positively associated with lower distraction levels among online learners¶
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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-17 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Students' technical confidence using digital learning tools was positively associated with lower distraction levels. → Shi 2025
Evidence¶
Shi 2025¶
Shi, H., Bi, R., Lin, X., & Dai, Y. (2025). Decreasing Digital Distraction in College Students: Associated Online Learning Strategies Identified by Unsupervised Data Mining Approaches. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/P85S3
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ARM single-antecedent rule from the 530-student survey: the OLRQ technical competency item (feeling confident using computer technologies for specific tasks) had support 0.283, lift 0.941, phi = -0.072, chi-square p = .098 in Table 2, associating with the low-distraction group.
"In addition, students' technical confidence using digital learning tools was positively associated with lower distraction levels."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Digital Literacy — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Digital skills gaps span demographic groups and shape e-learning, job performance, and earnings — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Demographic characteristics (gender, age, race, major) showed no significant association with lower digital distraction in the rule-mining profiles — related
- In association-rule mining of survey data from 530 college students in online courses, goal setting, environment structuring and time management were the strategies most often associated with lower digital distraction — related
- Learner-instructor and learner-content engagement strategies are negatively associated with digital distraction in online courses — related
- Peer-related help-seeking and learner-learner engagement strategies appear less often in profiles of students with lower digital distraction — related
- Clustering of association rules yields four distinct strategy-combination profiles characterizing lower digital distraction — related
- Blended implementation models matched to learner skill level: high-touch blended for lowest-skilled learners, online courses for more advanced students — related
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Technical confidence using digital learning tools is positively associated with lower distraction levels among online learners |
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Technical confidence using digital learning tools is positively associated with lower distraction levels among online learners |
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