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- Title
Evaluating student engagement and deep learning in interactive online psychology learning activities.
- Authors
Sugden, Nicole; Brunton, Robyn; MacDonald, Jasmine B.; Yeo, Michelle; Hicks, Ben
- Abstract
There is growing demand for online learning activities that offer flexibility for students to study anywhere, anytime, as online students fit study around work and family commitments. We designed a series of online activities and evaluated how, where and with what devices students used the activities, as well as their levels of engagement and deep learning with the activities. A mixed-methods design was used to explore students' interactions with the online activities. This method integrated learning analytics data with responses from 63 survey respondents, nine interviews and 16 focus group participants. We found that students used a combination of mobile devices to access the online learning activities across a variety of locations during opportunistic study sessions in order to fit study into their daily routines. The online activities were perceived positively, facilitating affective, cognitive, and behavioural engagement as well as stimulating deep learning. Activities that were authentic, promoted problem-solving, applied theory to real-life scenarios and increased students' feelings of being supported were perceived as most beneficial to learning. These findings have implications for the future design of online activities, where activities need to accommodate students' need for flexibility as students' study habits become more mobile.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of learning; INTERACTIVE learning; ACTIVE learning; STUDENT engagement; ONLINE education; VIRTUAL communities; MOBILE learning; DEEP learning
- Publication
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2021, Vol 37, Issue 2, p45
- ISSN
1449-3098
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14742/ajet.6632