Study of Factors Affecting Student Engagement in Online Classes during COVID – 19

Study of Factors Affecting Student Engagement in Online Classes during COVID – 19

Radhika Dwivedi, student of NMIMS, Indore

ABSTRACT

Covid – 19’s outbreak has had a significant impact on the education system around the world. This has led to the closure of numerous academic institutions, which had a negative impact on the personal interactions of instructors and learners during their school days. In the apparent lack of traditional classroom instruction and one – on – one communication, laptop education has emerged as a viable medium compared to natural offline classroom learning. In light of this context, the study tries to investigate students’ perceptions of readiness for the online learning platform that has been implemented at the undergraduate level to determine their level of preparedness. Three variables – convenience in learning, technical assistance and evaluation method are used as independent variable to study the impact on the dependent variable, student engagement in online classes. A self – administered questionnaire was developed using 16 questions based on Likert scale to study the relationship using multiple regression. The result states that there is a positive impact of convenience in learning, technical assistance and evaluation method on level of student engagement.

Keywords:  Online learning, Student engagement, Traditional classroom learning, Evaluation Method, One – on – one communication, Laptop education, undergraduate level, Technical assistance.