Factors Affecting Students’ Desire to Take Upcoming Online Courses after E-learning Experience During COVID-19

ABSTRACT

Since 2020, COVID-19 has completely changed the daily activities of almost all nations, and education has been heavily affected. Becauseof school closures, face-to-face classrooms were halted or replaced with onlineclasses in which both lecturers and learners had to adjust their teaching andlearning styles to cope with unexpected situations. The ‘new normal’ of learningfrom homes, spending hours staring at screens, and struggling with piles ofonline tasks has somehow demotivated students to continue learning. This studyexplores factors affecting students’ desire to take online courses after experiencinge-learning during COVID-19. Nine hundred fifty-five students of VietnamNational University took part in the survey via an online questionnaire. Datawere analyzed using SPSS 20;correlation, hierarchical regression was employedto examine how online factors influence students’ decision. The research resultsshowed that skill enhancement, self-regulated learning, lecturer interactionduring the course were among the most important predictors of students’ desire totake more online courses. In contrast, student interaction imposed no significantinfluence. This study gives the theoretical background for other studies in thesame field and suggests practical implications for governments and universitiesto implement online training better to cope with the pandemic © 2022, International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies. All Rights Reserved.