The Costs of Online Learning: Examining Differences in Motivation and Academic Outcomes in Online and Face-to-Face Community College Developmental Mathematics Courses

ABSTRACT A recent challenge in the field of education has been met as a shift to online classes from traditional face-to-face classes has been attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, certain issues arise from such a sudden shift to an online learning environment, especially for those who have been mainly (or for others, solely) taught in a face-to-face setting. This paper aimed to determine the attitudes of Thai English learners towards online learning of speaking. The study involved fifty-four fourth year English majors in a university in southern Thailand. A survey questionnaire was developed to collect data. It consisted of a 5- point Likert scale asking for the students' level of agreement with statements and open-ended questions. The results show that the teacher being perceived as supportive and the students having a positive feeling when they had a stable Internet connection were the two areas that had the highest mean scores. On the other hand, being given enough opportunities to interact with classmates and preferring to participate in discussions using video (with microphone and video on) had the lowest mean scores. Moreover, the learners’ comments provided insights into their attitudes toward online learning in terms of preferences and challenges. Implications for teaching are then drawn from the results. KEYWORDS: attitudes, online learning, speaking

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COVID-19 Effects on Communication Course and Faculty Evaluations

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator ◽

10.1177/10776958211034116 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 107769582110341

Author(s):

H. Paul LeBlanc

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Research University ◽

Student Evaluations Of Teaching ◽

Communication Course ◽

Faculty Evaluations ◽

Face To Face ◽

Course Effectiveness ◽

Public Research University ◽

Rapid Transition ◽

Faculty Experience

Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are utilized by universities as one component in assessing course effectiveness, despite evidence in the research regarding their validity. With the global COVID-19 pandemic, many universities rapidly transitioned teaching modalities from face-to-face to online learning, regardless of the faculty experience. This study investigates the effects on SETs of the rapid transition in teaching modalities for all sections of courses occurring during COVID-19 compared with all sections of courses taught within a Communication department at a large public research university over the past 8 years. The results indicate moderate effects from the rapid transition to online learning.

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Penggunaan Permainan Edukasi pada Pembelajaran Daring Mata Pelajaran Geografi Kelas XII di MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas

Proceedings Series on Social Sciences & Humanities ◽

10.30595/pssh.v1i.68 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 20-22

Author(s):

Faris Salman Faza

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Educational Games ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Qualitative Description ◽

Learning Goals ◽

Face To Face ◽

Average Value ◽

Geography Teaching ◽

The Right

The existence of the COVID-19 outbreak has an impact on all sectors of life, one of which is in the education sector, many schools are forced to dismiss their students and teaching and learning activities are carried out online. the transition of Geography teaching and learning activities at MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas from face to face to online creates new problems in learning so that a special strategy is needed in this learning. Although online learning is not effective for achieving learning goals, the teacher must be able to make new innovations so that learning objectives can be achieved. This study uses a qualitative description method by observing the behavior of students when online learning takes place. Learning online Geography class XII at MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas uses educational games. This study aims to find out the right media in learning Geography class XII during the COVID-19 pandemic at MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas. The results of this study showed that 76 students of class XII MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas who had taken the test showed an average value> 8.00. This shows satisfactory results.

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