A survey of online learning engagement of local normal college students in the digital age

Journal: Region - Educational Research and Reviews DOI: 10.32629/rerr.v5i5.1517

Rui ZHANG

College of Education Science, Weinan Normal University

Abstract

Learning engagement, as a key factor to measure students' learning results, has always been a research focus in the field of education. With the continuous development of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, the current situation of online learning investment of online learners has attracted more attention. As an important part of China's higher education system, local normal universities take the cultivation of local high-quality excellent teachers as the core. Through the investigation and research on the behavior, cognition, emotion and interactive engagement of local normal college students, it is found that students have shortcomings in the above aspects. Combined with the research results, feasible learning engagement strategies are proposed from the perspectives of students, teachers, majors and school development. It provides suggestions for the development of local higher education and the improvement of online education quality.

Keywords

digital age; normal universities; online learning engagement; investigation and research

Funding

Shaanxi Provincial Education Department (No.23JK0436); Weinan Normal University 2023 School Level Education and Teaching Reform Research Project(No.JG202336); The 2023 Key Project of Shaanxi Provincial Education Association ( No. SJHZDKT2023010).

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