COVID-19 Crisis: Exploring Community of Inquiry in Online Learning for Sub-Degree Students

Frontiers in Psychology

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Yui-yip Lau¹  Yuk Ming Tang²  Ka Yin Chau³  Lina Vyas⁴  Andres Sandoval-Hernandez⁵  Simon Wong⁶ 

[1] Division of Business and Hospitality Management, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;Faculty of Business, City University of Macau;Department of Asian and Policy Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong;Department of Education, University of Bath, United Kingdom;Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

关键词: online learning;    community of inquiry;    sub-degree students;    network speed;    gender;    academic discipline;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.679197

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY