Learning Through the Screen: Impact of Remote Learning on Higher Education Student Engagement

• In Event: Online Teaching and Learning During COVID-19 in Higher Education

Abstract

Many higher education institutions have made the necessary shift to remote teaching due to COVID-19 (Hodges, Moore, Lockee, Trust, & Bond, 2020). Student perception of this rapid change in instruction should be understood in order to improve future remote teaching and learning practices. The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of remote course characteristics on student engagement and perceptions of remote instruction during the time of COVID-19. A survey was developed and administered, from which course-level characteristics and student demographic information were used in stepwise multiple regression models to predict the changes in pre- and post- scale scores. Results suggest mode of lectures, course load, and education technology use impact student engagement and perception of online instruction.

Authors

• Clara Dahee Shim, Boston College

• Haylea Marie Hubacz, Boston College

• Olivia Szendey, Boston College

• Laura M. O'Dwyer, Boston College