Analysis of the Effectiveness of Learning Community Program for College Students: Focusing on Self-directed Learning Ability, Self-regulatory Efficacy, Collaboration Preference, and Communication Skill

Abstract

Objectives This study aimed to analyze the effects of self-directed learning ability, self-regulatory efficacy, collaboration preference, and communication skill according to college students’ participation in learning community activities in order to find an effective management plan for the learning community.
 Methods To do so, a survey was conducted on 422 students at S College in Gyeonggi-do. The experimental group had 181 students who participated in the learning community program run by the Center for Teaching and Learning Development in the first semester of 2022. The control group consisted of 241 people who did not participate in the learning community program. To verify the effect of learning community participation, pre- and post-surveys were carried out at the beginning and end of the learning community activities of the experimental group and For statistical verification, covariance analysis(ANCOVA) was performed.
 Results The analysis results showed that the self-directed learning ability, self-regulatory efficacy, collaboration preference, and the communication skill of college students who participated in the learning community improved.
 Conclusions This study is meaningful in that it analyzed the effect of the learning community program on college students and provided basic data for the measures to vitalize learning communities in colleges and performance analysis.