TY - JOUR
T1 - Access, Efficiency, Inconvenience, and Scarcity as Issues of Online and Distance Learning in Higher Education
AU - Gnawali, Yagya Prasad
AU - Upadhayaya, Parshu Ram
AU - Sharma, Bishnu
AU - Belbase, Shashidhar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s).
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - This study aimed to explore online and distance learning (ODL) issues related to higher education during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nepal. We applied an online survey design with a five-point Likert scale. We surveyed 71 (57 male and 14 female) postgraduate students in science education at a public higher education institution in Kathmandu, Nepal. A Principal Component Analysis identified four major constructs as the components of ODL issues. They are scarcity, efficiency, access, and inconvenience. The results of the Independent Samples Test (t-test and ANOVA) showed that participants' views about scarcity were significantly different across their gender (male and female) and device use (mobile, laptop, and desktop). They were not significantly different in their views about efficiency, access, and inconvenience across gender, device use, hometown, age group, ethnicity, and school type at .05 level of significance.
AB - This study aimed to explore online and distance learning (ODL) issues related to higher education during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nepal. We applied an online survey design with a five-point Likert scale. We surveyed 71 (57 male and 14 female) postgraduate students in science education at a public higher education institution in Kathmandu, Nepal. A Principal Component Analysis identified four major constructs as the components of ODL issues. They are scarcity, efficiency, access, and inconvenience. The results of the Independent Samples Test (t-test and ANOVA) showed that participants' views about scarcity were significantly different across their gender (male and female) and device use (mobile, laptop, and desktop). They were not significantly different in their views about efficiency, access, and inconvenience across gender, device use, hometown, age group, ethnicity, and school type at .05 level of significance.
KW - Distance learning
KW - issues on online and distance education
KW - student perception
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U2 - 10.12973/eu-jer.11.2.1115
DO - 10.12973/eu-jer.11.2.1115
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127711361
SN - 2165-8714
VL - 11
SP - 1115
EP - 1131
JO - European Journal of Educational Research
JF - European Journal of Educational Research
IS - 2
ER -