Digital readiness and its effects on higher education students' socio-emotional perceptions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

The current study investigated how ready higher education students were for emergency remote teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how this influenced their socio-emotional perceptions. Results of N = 1,826 higher education students indicate that they seem to be ready for digital learning. A k-m...

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Published inJournal of research on technology in education Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 267 - 280
Main Authors Händel, Marion, Stephan, Melanie, Gläser-Zikuda, Michaela, Kopp, Bärbel, Bedenlier, Svenja, Ziegler, Albert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Eugene Routledge 09.11.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Cluster analysis
College Students
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 pandemic
Distance learning
Educational Technology
Electronic Learning
Emotional Response
Emotions
Foreign Countries
Higher education
Online instruction
Pandemics
Psychological Patterns
Readiness
Readiness for digital learning
Social Influences
socio-emotional perceptions
Student attitudes
University students
Germany
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Summary:The current study investigated how ready higher education students were for emergency remote teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how this influenced their socio-emotional perceptions. Results of N = 1,826 higher education students indicate that they seem to be ready for digital learning. A k-means cluster analysis revealed two groups of students that significantly differed with respect to their readiness for digital learning (in terms of technology equipment availability, prior experiences with e-learning, and skills for digital learning). Finally, students' socio-emotional perceptions, that is, stress-related emotions (worries, tension, joy, and overload) as well as social and emotional loneliness significantly differed due to cluster membership. Hence, the study points a need for support of higher education students in successfully coping with the challenges of emergency remote studying.
ISSN:1539-1523
1945-0818
DOI:10.1080/15391523.2020.1846147