Breaking the Flow - Examining the Link between Flow and Learning in Computer-Mediated Learning Environments

Daniel P. Auld, Fran C. Blumberg

2013

Abstract

In the context of research concerning computer-mediated learning environments (CMLEs), the construct of flow, or optimal experience, has been positively linked with students' learning outcomes, such as affective and cognitive perceptions of learning and the development of academic skills. However, this linkage is compromised by inconsistent characterizations of flow across studies and divergent measures of when flow may have occurred during learning. Further, characterizations of learning have differed across studies (i.e. self-reported attitudes about one's learning experience or one's academic achievement). In this paper, we review these inconsistencies and discuss how meta-analysis may be one means by which we can examine whether flow does impact learning within CMLEs, given the differing operationalizations of flow and learning that are found within the extant literature.

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P. Auld D. and C. Blumberg F. (2013). Breaking the Flow - Examining the Link between Flow and Learning in Computer-Mediated Learning Environments . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-53-2, pages 461-468. DOI: 10.5220/0004414304610468


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author={Daniel P. Auld and Fran C. Blumberg},
title={Breaking the Flow - Examining the Link between Flow and Learning in Computer-Mediated Learning Environments},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2013},
pages={461-468},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004414304610468},
isbn={978-989-8565-53-2},
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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Breaking the Flow - Examining the Link between Flow and Learning in Computer-Mediated Learning Environments
SN - 978-989-8565-53-2
AU - P. Auld D.
AU - C. Blumberg F.
PY - 2013
SP - 461
EP - 468
DO - 10.5220/0004414304610468