Interaction during online classes fosters engagement with learning and self-directed study both in the first and
Claudia Gherghel1, Shoko Yasuda1, Yosuke Kita1,2,3
1Hitotsubashi University, Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi City, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Maintaining students' learning engagement was a challenge in emergency online education during the pandemic. In this study, we investigated the predictors (social interaction) and outcomes (self-directed study) of engagement in online learning during the first and second years of the COVID-19 pandemic. First-year Japanese university students (N = 1167) enrolled in online classes during 2020 and 2021 responded to a questionnaire measuring perceived opportunities for social interaction during online classes, engagement with online learning, and extracurricular self-directed study time. Multi-group path analysis revealed that social interaction during online classes exhibited a positive indirect effect on self-directed study time through emotional and behavioral engagement with online learning. The positive indirect effect was significant in both the first and second years of the pandemic. The results suggest that increasing the number of opportunities for social interaction during online classes may exhibit spillover effects on learning outside the online classroom.
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