TY - GEN
T1 - Students’ satisfaction with e-learning systems during the covid-19 pandemic—an international comparative study
AU - Nikou, Shahrokh
AU - Kim, Seongcheol
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In response to the global COVID-19 situation, quarantine measures have been implemented at the educational institutions around the world. This paper aims to determine the antecedent factors predicting the university students’ satisfaction with e-learning systems during the COVID-19 situation. We used structural equation modelling (SEM) and evaluated a conceptual model on the basis of a sample of university students from Finland (n = 131) and South Korea (n = 114). The SEM results showed that the COVID-19 related factors, i.e., COVID-19 awareness, perceived challenges during COVID-19 and the educational institutions’ preparedness indirectly influence the satisfaction with e-learning systems. Moreover, we found a statistically significant moderating effect of course design quality, and instructor’s teaching style between the COVID-19 related factors and the satisfaction with e-learning systems. The implications of these results for the management of e‐learning systems are discussed.
AB - In response to the global COVID-19 situation, quarantine measures have been implemented at the educational institutions around the world. This paper aims to determine the antecedent factors predicting the university students’ satisfaction with e-learning systems during the COVID-19 situation. We used structural equation modelling (SEM) and evaluated a conceptual model on the basis of a sample of university students from Finland (n = 131) and South Korea (n = 114). The SEM results showed that the COVID-19 related factors, i.e., COVID-19 awareness, perceived challenges during COVID-19 and the educational institutions’ preparedness indirectly influence the satisfaction with e-learning systems. Moreover, we found a statistically significant moderating effect of course design quality, and instructor’s teaching style between the COVID-19 related factors and the satisfaction with e-learning systems. The implications of these results for the management of e‐learning systems are discussed.
KW - COVID-19
KW - distance learning
KW - e-Learning
KW - higher education
KW - learning management systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173561659&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18690/978-961-286-485-9.8
DO - 10.18690/978-961-286-485-9.8
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85173561659
T3 - 34th Bled eConference: Digital Support from Crisis to Progressive Change, BLED 2021 - Proceedings
SP - 97
EP - 109
BT - 34th Bled eConference
A2 - Andreja Pucihar, Andreja Pucihar
A2 - Borstnar, Mirjana Kljajic
A2 - Bons, Roger
A2 - Cripps, Helen
A2 - Sheombar, Anand
A2 - Vidmar, Doroteja
PB - University of Maribor Press
T2 - 34th Bled eConference, BLED 2021
Y2 - 27 June 2021 through 30 June 2021
ER -