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Impact of online learning efficiency on students' satisfaction and commitment during Covid-19–A concept paper
(University of Jaffna, 2021) Ranadewa, D. U. N; Gregory, T. Y; Boralugoda, D. N; Silva, J. A. H. T; Jayasuriya, N. A
Due to the fast-spreading of Covid-19, many countries worldwide have closed their higher educational institutes and universities(UNESCO, 2020) and shifted towards online learning methods to continue the education delivery without detaining (Duraku & Hoxha, 2020). The study focuses on analyzing the efficiency of online learning under academic issues, accessibility issues, technological skills of the students, mental well-being of the students, lecturer commitment, and how those will impact on satisfaction and commitment of the students and presents a conceptual framework with the use of empirical studies. Approximately 40 empirical studies have been reviewed for the paper using the keywords. The paper's findings include several gaps related to online learning efficiency during Covid-19: how the academic issues, accessibility issues, technological skills, mental well-being, and lecturer commitment impacted students’ satisfaction and commitment to online learning. Based on the gaps and the findings, the conceptual framework and hypotheses are developed. The researchers directly collect the primary data through a google-form questionnaire that will be used for the study. The questionnaire will be distributed using social media platforms: the undergraduates of government and private sector universities in Sri Lanka. Hence, purposive sampling is used as the sampling strategy, and the results will be analyzed quantitatively using statistical analysis. The paper will be beneficial for future researchers for their references, for the students, and for the educational institutions to provide their students more efficient online education delivery.
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Learners’ Satisfaction and Commitment Towards Online Learning During COVID-19: A Concept Paper
(SAGE Publications, 2021-11-08) Ranadewa, D. U. N; Gregory, T. Y; Boralugoda, D. N; Silva, J. A. H. T; Jayasuriya, N. A
This study offers a comprehensive literature review on the gaps related to online learning efficiency and a structured conceptual model. The findings would be favourable for the learners, lecturers, future researchers, universities and other educational institutes. This study has presented the results of a systematic literature review on the factors affecting the efficiency of online learning and how they impact on satisfaction and commitment of learners. To conduct the literature review, approximately 40 empirical studies were reviewed and analysed. The results reveal that several factors, including academic issues, accessibility issues, technological skills, mental well-being and lecturer commitment, impact depreciating the online learning efficiency, which has made a significant impact on learner satisfaction and learner commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic. If the pandemic would continue, the institutes can use the deliverables to figure out the difficulties encountered by the learners during the pandemic, how to prevent those issues and to search for a solution: to re-open the universities following necessary health guidelines or to resume delivering education online. The literature evaluates the impact of online learning efficiency on learners’ satisfaction and commitment, and there are no adequate empirical studies available for testing the online learning efficiency with respect to learners’ satisfaction and commitment. Hence, in identifying several gaps related to online learning efficiency, this study offers a new structured conceptual model.