Emergency Online Learning in Low-Resource Settings: Effective Student Engagement Strategies

• DOI: 10.3390/educsci11010024
• Publication Date: 2021-01-08T13:58:34Z
• Authors: Victoria Abou-Khalil; Samar Helou; Eliane Khalifé; MeiRong Alice Chen; Rwitajit Majumdar; Hiroaki Ogata
• Keywords: Student Engagement

We aim to identify the engagement strategies that higher education students, engaging in emergency online learning low-resource settings, perceive be effective. conducted a sequential mixed-methods study based on Moore’s interaction framework for distance education. administered questionnaire 313 students settings examine their perceptions of different strategies. Our results showed student–content strategies, e.g., screen sharing, summaries, and class recordings, are perceived as most effective, closely followed by student–teacher Q A sessions reminders. Student–student group chat collaborative work, least The effectiveness varies students’ gender technology access. To support instructors, instructional designers, researchers, we propose 10-level guide during classes settings.