Online Reading Introduction
The traditional education method is teachers teach students in the classroom. Students must to follow the teachers’ request. Furthermore, many students not satisfied the context contents, which preferred to autonomously study. Self-directed learning is born at that time. Compared to the conventional study pattern, self-directed learning integrates self-management (management of the context, including the social setting, resources, and actions with self-monitoring (the process whereby the learners monitor, evaluate and regulate their cognitive learning strategies (Bolhuis, 1996; Garrison, 1997. As below
Figure 1, self-directed learning model
As the internet development, computer became main stream, utilize online
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actions to improve self-directed learning are one instructional strategy to influence better E-learning (Chou, 2008. Self-directed e-learners are self-directed learners use internet to get more chance individual study.
Self-directed e-learners are not getting knowledge from the text like books, magazine and newspapers. Searching learning materials for them is not a complex course at all. Learners can use Google Scholar to find everything at home. Moreover with globalization and technology revolution, internet provides many kinds of self-directed learning resources. Lots of website supply self-directed learning games and activities to improve learners’ motivation. Except that learners can through browsing web pages, checking emails and chatting with friends keep in touch with others (Tseng, 2007; 2008. Consequently, during this process learners will enhance their four skills (speaking, listening, writing, and reading. At that time, Reading online is considers as a good example for the integration between reading and self-directed e-learning.
Literature Review
Various articles only concerned about self-directed learning, self-directed e-learning and online reading. Few articles have make connection between online self-directed learning and reading. The article attempts to investigate the link between self-directed e-learning and on line reading. Learners can read the item get useful information from internet, and evaluate whether have controlled these knowledge. The most important thing is when learners’ grasp the skill of how to read via online self-directed materials, they will expand context contents.
Like Wolfe (2000 referred to important role of internet in learning compared to traditional teaching way. Internet needs higher request of learner to create links between fresh and old understanding. Learners can get large numbers of information
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from internet. They have two options: reading text printed on paper and shown on computer screens. Bulik and Hanor (2000 suggested that the Web supports self-directed learning by both increasing learner control and providing mechanisms for learners to determine what information is pertinent to them. Hanna et al (2000 mentioned self-directed leaning is crucial to successful online reading. Merriam (2001 considered self-directed leaning is very important 