Student learning during COVID-19: It was not as bad as we feared. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Kyungmee; Fanguy, Mik; Lu, Xuefei Sophie; Bligh, Brett
• Is Part Of: Distance education. Volume 42:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 164
• Page End: 172
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- distance learning -- student satisfaction -- student resilience -- East Asia; Distance education -- Periodicals; Distance education -- Australia -- Periodicals; 371.3505
• DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2020.1869529
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0158-7919

Abstract

ABSTRACT: While much is discussed of the challenges that educators and their institutions have been facing during COVID-19, there is little reported about how students have been coping with the challenges. In this short piece, we present preliminary data on university students' perceptions of online learning and teaching during the pandemic. Our findings from a student course satisfaction survey, conducted in two universities during the 2020 summer term (June through August), reveal that students have been more resilient than is often assumed. In light of these findings as well as the reflections of authors in a previous issue of Distance Education, we will discuss some important implications for distance education scholarship.