The influence of remote learning environment and use of technology on university students’ behavioural engagement in contingency online learning

Abstract

The shift of instruction imposed on higher education institutions by the pandemic-related restrictions bolstered the interest in students’ online class participation. This study investigates university students’ engagement in remote foreign language classes during the COVID-19 lockdown. While engagement is a multi-faceted construct, we only aim to explore its behavioural dimension. The authors felt compelled to acknowledge and comprehend their students’ behaviour in contingency online learning (COL). Through a qualitatively oriented exploratory case study, we sought to answer two research questions related to the extent the use of technical equipment and remote physical environment influenced students’ engagement. The study was conducted with students enrolled in regular, in-person Bachelor’s or Master’s degree courses to qualify as teachers of English at primary or lower-secondary schools. The results indicate that the use of technology did not prove to be a significant obstacle to online learning engagement. Concerning the remote physical environment, the learning process was compromised most significantly by the intimate character of the home-working space. We believe that our findings will help educators to rationalise their expectations and formulate best practice recommendations.
 Received: 7 January 2022Accepted: 16 January 2023

A Model to Categorize Students’ Perception on Endorsing Massive Open Online Courses

“…In line with previous researches (Gupta, 2019), Based on the AHP model, we can infer that within the main factors, "Advantages of MOOCs" is a strong influencing factor (weight =0.52) among students in adopting MOOC courses, supporting the earlier research (Hakami et al, 2017;Khan et al, 2018;Rekha et al, 2023;Dvorakova et al, 2023;Goel et al, 2023). Social stimulation (weight =0.33) is another factor that comes next, which encourages students in taking up MOOC courses.…”

“…E-learning or online education has been showing significant growth across the globe during the past few decades due to its distinctive influence on socio-economic development (Keqiang, 2017;Dvorakova et al, 2023). One such type of online platform which has lately obtained interest is Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).…”