Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Abstract

Making a distance learning class as interactive as a face-to-face class is challenging. The purpose of our learning activity is to provide distance education teachers with a tool to engage students using an online activity and to help students learn the theoretical concepts of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. This fun and interactive online activity can engage the current generation of students and aid them in retaining information. Students attempt to complete a “Click Drag Type” puzzle by clicking the mouse, dragging the mouse, and typing on the keyboard to complete the puzzles in the activity (Jay, 2006). Throughout the exercise, students are required to submit postings on discussion boards. Students learn to identify factors that will motivate others, thus making them better professionals, administrators, and leaders.

KEYWORDS:

• Motivation
• distance learning activity
• student engagement