Study on the Influencing Factors of Online Learning and Its Operation Mechanism among Chinese College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic—An Empirical Analysis Based on a Mixed Method

Huanhuan Li, Bingyu Duan, Yifang Wang (), Huijuan Di and Hongxuan Ge
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Huanhuan Li: College of Educational Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830017, China
Bingyu Duan: College of Educational Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830017, China
Yifang Wang: Shanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Huijuan Di: Department of Preschool Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Hongxuan Ge: College of Educational Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830017, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-14

Abstract: Online learning has gradually become a mainstream teaching method to replace traditional classroom teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are some issues such as the lack of theoretical guidance on online learning, and the influencing factors of online learning effect are not well proven. On this basis, this study aimed to construct and test a theoretical model of online learning influencing factors among college students through a mixed-method approach in China to further explore the influencing factors of online learning and the relationship between these influencing factors. First, 130 college students were interviewed from May 2021 to November 2021, and the collected data were coded to a theoretical model through grounded theory. Second, we tested and verified the theoretical model through the analysis of survey data of 225 college students from January 2022 to July 2022. Lastly, the results indicate that the learning expectation influences the learning result through learning quality or learning interaction and their combined effects. These findings can help educators around the world gain insight into the process of online learning and improve the quality of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: grounded theory; online learning; influencing factors; mixed method; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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