Journal Articles

COVID-19 crisis: Exploring community of inquiry in online learning for sub-degree students

Title:
COVID-19 crisis: Exploring community of inquiry in online learning for sub-degree students
Authors:
Source:
Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2021
Publisher:
Frontiers Media
Year Published:
2021
Education Categories:
- Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  - QG Adult, Lifelong & Continuing Education
    - QGE Distance Education
Keywords:
Online Learning Community of Inquiry Sub-degree Students Network Speed Gender Academic Discipline COVID-19
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Post-Secondary Education
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Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a tremendous impact on the pedagogy and learning experience of students in sub-degree education sector of Hong Kong. Online learning has become the “sole” solution to deal with student learning challenges during this chaotic period. In this study, we explore online learning for sub-degree students by using a community of inquiry (CoI). As such, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted on survey data gathered from 287 sub-degree students from the business and engineering disciplines. Results indicated that the network speed for online education determines the perceived cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence of students, whereas gender and academic disciplines of students are not moderating factors that create a significant difference in perceived cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence of students. Our study findings for creating and sustaining a purposeful online learning community are highlighted. Copyright © 2021 Lau, Tang, Chau, Vyas, Sandoval-Hernandez and Wong.
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 16641078
DOI:
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.679197
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/9b2a0c44
Entry Date:
2021-11-05