scholarly journals A Survey Study on U.S. College Students’ Learning Experience in COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Jiahua Zhou ◽  
Qiping Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Online Learning Environment

COVID-19 affected various aspects of our life. Many college students were forced to take courses remotely. It was not clear how they adapted to this new environment and how their mental health was affected. The objective of this study is to understand college students’ learning experience one year after the outbreak of COVID-19. An online survey was developed to investigate students’ overall learning process, mental health, perception of the learning community and student support. Sixty-two college students in the U.S. were recruited through an online survey platform. Findings of this study revealed: (1) improved mental health of college students compared to the beginning of the pandemic; (2) an overall positive learning experience and perceived belongingness to their learning community, as well as high satisfaction with the student support; (3) the major hindrance in the online learning environment was the lack of interactions with teachers and classmates; (4) a relationship between family income and perception of the learning community was discovered, and the students from low-income families were found to feel more belonging to the learning community; (5) hybrid was the optimum learning mode during COVID-19; (6) on-campus students perceived more student support than off-campus students. These findings provided a guideline for future research to further explore, and improve, the online learning environment.

Social Presence in Online Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 1580-1601
Author(s):  
Rachelle Dene Poth
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Technology Usage ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Opportunities For Learning

Studies have focused on social presence and its meaning in both traditional face-to-face classroom settings as well as an online learning environment. Technology usage is increasing in classrooms, making opportunities for learning available to many more people than in prior years. The theme of social presence continues to be studied as an important element in fostering student learning and growth. In particular, the focus is on the meaning of social presence, how to develop it as an instructor or learner in the learning community, and how social presence can positively impact all members of the learning community. The main questions that this chapter addresses are: Why study social presence? What is the meaning of social presence? What is the research behind social presence? How does an individual cultivate and project social presence in a learning environment?

scholarly journals DESIGNING AN ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY AMONG TEACHER EDUCATORS

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shironica Karunanayaka
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Educational Technologist ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Online Learning Community ◽  
The Impact

Online course delivery is rapidly growing among educational institutions all over the world, especially in Open and Distance Learning institutions. The frequent criticisms on distance education for having only limited interactions between teachers and students as opposed to traditional face to face teaching can be significantly minimized with the increased use of online methods, due to its unique instructional capabilities. Online learning provides ample opportunities for students learning at a distance to constantly interact with their teachers as well as peers, sharing experiences and working collaboratively. The creation of a sense of social presence is essential to establish a collaborative online learning environment, as it is a most important factor that helps people actively collaborate, thus increasing a sense of belonging to the learning community. The Faculty of Education of the Open University of Sri Lanka offered the online course, "Teacher Educator as an Educational Technologist" in December 2007, using the learning management system Moodle. The course was designed using a collaborative learning model, allowing adequate opportunities for the distant learners to actively engage in their learning process, engaging in a number of learning and assessment tasks with the support of learning resources and instructor guidance, while collaborating and sharing experiences among each other, mainly through discussion forums. Using the case study approach, an investigation was carried out to find out the specific strategies and techniques adopted by designers, instructors and students in enhancing community building among the participants in the online learning environment. It further explored the impact of community building on the distant learners, who were also novices to online learning. This paper discusses the development process in the building of an online learning community and emphasizes on the roles of designers, teachers, and learners.

scholarly journals Students Perception Towards Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 187-197
Author(s):  
Kavya N ◽  
Puneeth B. M.
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Online Classes

The aim of this study is to find out the students attitude towards online learning in the pandemic of COVID-19. In this study, we focus on understanding Agricultural Student’s perception and preference towards the online learning through an online survey of 111 students. The study also explored the student’s preferences for various attributes of online classes, which will be helpful to design effective online learning environment. Majority of the students preferred to use smart phone for online learning. Most 76 (68.5 %) of students are Highly Satisfied with Online Learning. Majority 93(83.8%) of the students are learning classes through Zoom Meeting. Most 69(62.2%) of the respondents stated Recorded classes that is uploaded at University website/YouTube/any other application was the most preferred class format.

Social Presence in Online Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 88-116
Author(s):  
Rachelle Dene Poth
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Technology Usage ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Opportunities For Learning

Studies have focused on social presence and its meaning in both traditional face-to-face classroom settings as well as an online learning environment. Technology usage is increasing in classrooms, making opportunities for learning available to many more people than in prior years. The theme of social presence continues to be studied as an important element in fostering student learning and growth. In particular, the focus is on the meaning of social presence, how to develop it as an instructor or learner in the learning community, and how social presence can positively impact all members of the learning community. The main questions that this chapter addresses are: Why study social presence? What is the meaning of social presence? What is the research behind social presence? How does an individual cultivate and project social presence in a learning environment?

Influence of psychological safety and social presence on knowledge sharing behavior in higher education online learning environment

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putra Endi Catyanadika ◽  
Jay Rajasekera
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Online Learning Community ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The absence of physical interactions in online learning environment brings psychological influences on learning participants in interacting and sharing knowledge with others, such as ignorance of other member’s presence and insecurity to share something in online environment. The purpose of this research was to examine the knowledge sharing behavior (KSB) by online learning community members in terms of their psychological safety (PS) and social presence (SP) perceptions. In addition, this research also identified the influence of PS to promote SP and the mediation impact of SP in the relationships between PS and KSB. Design/methodology/approach The data were gathered through self-administered questionnaire distributed to 133 online class members at a university in Indonesia where online learning has created a new learning experience. To represent key behavioral attributes, 12 items were used to represent PS, SP and KSB. The relationships among the variables were analyzed using the structural equation modelling method. Findings The result showed that PS positively influenced SP and KSB. SP also brought a positive impact on promoting KSB and fully mediated the relationship between PS and KSB. Research limitations/implications The result may not have fully captured the reflection of the influencing factors of KSB, as this research focused only on two psychological factors, namely, PS and SP. The research may be further enriched by including additional factors and expanding the data collection to include more online learning institutions. Practical implications The results implied the importance of PS and SP perception to promoting KSB in online learning environments. The results highlighted an important message to universities and schools to be more concerned on students’ feeling safe personally and students’ awareness of others’ presence to maximize knowledge sharing activities in online class environment. Originality/value This paper revealed the importance of PS and SP to promote KSB in the higher education online learning community. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, this is the first study to link PS and SP to KSB and identify the importance of the mediation effect of SP on the relationship between PS and KSB specifically in higher education online learning environment.

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