3.1. Objective of the research
The research subject is to determine whether use of e-learning in higher education, leads to affect
students' motivation in the field of learning and the effect of technology on students' motivation. The
purpose of this study is to describe the research carried out and the outcomes which are focused on the
motivation of students participating in the research.
3.2. Statistical Population and Sampling
The statistical population in this study includes all students of Tehran Alzahra University that were
from different majors and different levels of education. The sample volume has been calculated using
GPower3.1 as 140 people. In order to select the members of sample, the random sampling method has
been used.
3.3. Analyses and Results
In the present study in order to test the hypotheses an expert-designed questionnaire was used for elearning
and intrinsic motivation that included 18 questions, which was according to 5-point scales of a
Likert Scale (from 1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree). In this study the reliability of questionnaire
was examined through Cronbach's alpha (e-learning questionnaire 0.63 and intrinsic motivation 0.74),
that is presented in Tables 1 & 2.
And the validity was approved by experts view then a pilot study was conducted to improve the
reliability of the instrument. Collected data was analyzed using inferential statistics (Pearson correlation
coefficient to calculate the correlation size between two variables) through a statistical analysis program,
SPSS 20.
Finding showed that results are consistent with the hypotheses. The results of the research showed,
that there is a significant relationship between e-learning and students’ motivation. Findings indicated
that when teachers apply e-learning, more motivation is generated by students and vice versa.
Considering the collected data, the correlation matrix between variables has been computed. The
computed coefficient in the matrix is presented in table 3.
Moreover, the results showed that there is not a significant difference in relationship between elearning
and students' motivation in different ages and different levels of education that is presented in
table 4. T