Students’ Perspectives on Success in Online Teaching and Learning in a Traditional Learning Environment

B.S. Habaragoda¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.9 , pp.13-20, Sep-2023

Online published on Sep 30, 2023

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Abstract :
This study attempted to examine the perceived student satisfaction in online teaching and learning in a traditional learning environment which had rapidly shifted to an online setting through a Learning Management System (LMS) due to COVID-19 pandemic started in early 2020 across the globe. The study used factors relating to instructor, interactivity and technology as the key determinants of students’ perceived satisfaction. A total of 322 undergraduates participated in the online survey on perceived student satisfaction in a Sri Lankan state university. Results of the study indicated that all the three selected factors are significant predictors of student satisfaction where instructor related factors has the highest impact. The findings suggest that even without adequate awareness and training on online teaching - via a Learning Management System as in this study- student satisfaction seems to be at a reasonable level with relation to instructor related factors. However, fairly low satisfactory levels for the remaining two factors suggest that both the faculty and the students must undertake at least some basic levels of training on online teaching and learning due to its technology driven nature.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Instructor, interactivity, technology, student satisfaction, online teaching, learning management system

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