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Impact of Synchronous and Asynchronous Settings of Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education on Students’ Learning Experience During COVID-19

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العنوان: Impact of Synchronous and Asynchronous Settings of Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education on Students’ Learning Experience During COVID-19
المؤلفون: Sabine Fabriz, Julia Mendzheritskaya, Sebastian Stehle
المصدر: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Psychology
مصطلحات موضوعية: higher education, self-determination theory (SDT), COVID-19, teaching and learning settings, online learning, Psychology, BF1-990
الوصف: The sudden impact of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged universities to provide students with online teaching and learning settings that were both immediately applicable and supportive of quality learning. This resulted in a broad variety of synchronous and asynchronous online settings of teaching and learning. While some courses balanced both kinds, others offered either predominantly synchronous or asynchronous teaching and learning. In a survey study with students (N=3,056) and teachers (N=396) from a large German university, we explored whether a predominance of synchronous or asynchronous teaching and learning settings in higher education was associated with certain student experiences and outcomes. Additionally, we examined how well these two types of teaching and learning settings support students’ basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness proposed by self-determination theory (SDT). Data were collected after the first online semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The results imply that from the students’ perspective, the teaching methods involved in the two settings of teaching and learning differ with regard to their potential to support social interaction and to support basic psychological needs as proposed by SDT. Students who studied mostly in synchronous settings reported more peer-centered activities such as feedback in comparison to students in mostly asynchronous settings. In contrast, teachers perceived fewer differences between teaching methods in synchronous and asynchronous settings, especially regarding feedback activities. Further, students in mostly synchronous settings reported greater support of their basic psychological needs for competence support and relatedness as well as a greater overall satisfaction with the online term compared to students in mostly asynchronous settings. Across all students, greater fulfillment of psychological needs and higher technology acceptance coincided with outcomes that are more favorable. Implications for the post-pandemic classroom are drawn.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1664-1078
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733554/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733554
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/5893fafb57da48fb9a84865c3c4bf412
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.5893fafb57da48fb9a84865c3c4bf412
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:16641078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733554