Relationship between cognitive absorption and online self regulation of students in blended learning environment

The aim of correlational research is to investigate relationship between students' cognitive absorption and online self-regulation. Another aim of this study is to determine how daily frequency of being online and frequency of online studying or researching effect students' online self-regulation and cognitive absorption levels. The participants are the students who study pedagogic formation certificate program in Sakarya University between the years 2018-2019. It is a blended learning environment where students have both in face to face classes and classes in online learning environments. The study results show that there is no relationship between cognitive absorption and online self-regulation. When the variables are compared, cognitive absorption and online self-regulation of male students is significantly greater than cognitive absorption and self-regulation of female students. Furthermore, frequency of students being online daily positively and significantly affects students' cognitive absorption but it does not affect students' online self-regulation levels. Lastly, frequency of online studying and searching information positively and significantly effect self-regulation of student, however it does not have any effect on cognitive absorption of students. In short, it is indicated that online self-regulation significantly and positively changes to frequency of online studying and searching information but cognitive absorption does not change. According to these findings, it is recommended that to encourage students' online self-regulation and cognitive absorption on the blended and online learning environments these environments should be designed on this matter. Furthermore, in the present study there is no relationship between students' online self-regulation and cognitive absorption. It is considered that if these variables were determined in a online learning environment in the light of this study, there could be different results. In the future. It is suggested that, in another study these variables can be measured in an online environment.