Students’ Emotions and Engagement in the Emerging Hybrid Learning Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Elizabeth Acosta-Gonzaga () and Elena Fabiola Ruiz-Ledesma
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Elizabeth Acosta-Gonzaga: Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación (SEPI), Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería y Ciencias Sociales y Administrativas (UPIICSA), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
Elena Fabiola Ruiz-Ledesma: Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación (SEPI), Escuela Superior de Cómputo (ESCOM), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, classes in schools acquired a hybrid learning model. Students took their classes both in person and, at other times, remotely. However, students are currently facing situations that they are not familiar with after a period of two years of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This emerging model of learning, to which the students had to adapt, not only impacted on their emotions during learning but also influenced their perceptions of their abilities and skills in being able to perform adequately in a situation of uncertainty, which also influenced the degree of academic engagement that they had. This study applied the structural equation modeling technique, using PLS-SEM software, to a sample of 194 students. The results show that their self-efficacy to act in a situation of vulnerability was affected, which is why their negative emotions increased and their positive emotions decreased. This in turn influenced the degree of engagement and effort they invested in developing a school activity.

Keywords: self-efficacy; emotions; academic engagement; hybrid learning; higher education; COVID-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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