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| COVID-19: Student Perspectives of the Rapid Switch to Online Learning
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Jacqueline Nash, Mitchell Dierkes, Debra Penrod, Thomas Shaw, Serdar Aydin and Sandra Collins
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Abstract:
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world, countries sought to protect citizens from viral spread. Many industries were impacted including academic institutions. One method of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the United States' higher learning institutions was to dismiss all students from campus and move courses to an online format. Instructors and students at many universities were impacted by this change, especially students in hands-on programs in healthcare. To determine student perspectives regarding the shift to online learning, a 44-question survey was administered to 6,275 full-time students at one university. This single site case study resulted in 867 responses (63%). The survey and subsequent study sought to determine student perspectives during this switch to mandated online learning. From student responses, researchers sought to discover potential relationships, if any, between ease in transition from face-to-face learning to online delivery, and perceived online learning success. Pearson Correlation and ANOVA analyses were performed which yielded a statistically significant relationship between ease of learning and ability to stay motivated in the online environment. Knowing the characteristics of a successful online student is a first step. It may be concluded that student motivation directly influences students' perspectives regarding the shift to online learning. Instructor involvement was shown to be an influential factor in student motivation in the online learning environment.
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