Maurice Kinsella and Niamh Nestor explain how to use self-determination theory as a guide to boost student motivation through careful online course design Motivation is crucial if students are to ...

This course gives students frameworks and tools for (i) understanding what motivates people, including themselves, and (ii) designing incentive systems, broadly defined, that motivate both individual ...

This module is about intrinsic motivation and how it can help you accomplish your goals. This is the first of two videos in the module. After each video, there will be a short quiz. You’ll have to get ...

Over the past decade, Jackie Andrade and Jon May of the University of Plymouth (UK) have been fine-tuning a unique approach to behavioral change called Functional Imagery Training. FIT uses ...

“People say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing and that is why we recommend it every day” – Zig Ziglar Motivation doesn’t last. Yes, you read it correctly. The general definition ...

Ever since books like Drive crowned intrinsic motivation as the holy grail, we’ve been sold the idea that every other motive in the book is second-rate. If you don't “follow your passion," then you’re ...

A study of contemporary theory and research on motivation in educational contexts with emphasis on implications for learning and for educational practice. The fourth number of the course code shows ...