The influence of digital competence of academicians on students' engagement at university level: moderating effect of the pandemic outbreak

被引:6
作者
Aldhaen, Esra [1 ]
机构
[1] Ahlia Univ, Dept Management Mkt & Informat Syst, Manama, Bahrain
关键词
Digital competence; Student engagement; Digital learning; University faculty; Online classes; Digital infrastructure; COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT; HEALTH-CARE; EDUCATION; VALIDITY; PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY;
D O I
10.1108/CR-01-2023-0008
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate how the digital competence of academicians influences students' engagement in learning activities in the face of the pandemic outbreak. In addition to this, the paper investigates how digital competence influences each dimension of student engagement (cognitive, affective and behavioural). Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional, quantitative and explanatory research design was used to conduct the study. Data were gathered with an adopted questionnaire administered to a randomly selected sample of 500 university faculty members who were not digitally literate prior to the outbreak of the pandemic. Apart from the goodness of data tests, inferential statistics were applied to test hypotheses. FindingsResults indicate a significant influence of teachers' digital competence on student engagement and the pandemic outbreak positively moderates the relationship. Digital competence equally influences all three dimensions of student engagement. Practical implicationsThe outbreak of COVID-19 made the adoption of digital life more compulsive and the nations with already available digital infrastructure and digital competence effectively minimized the adverse effect of social distancing as a result of the pandemic outbreak. Findings emphasize practitioners to focus on the digital capacity building of academicians and the provision of digital infrastructure to facilitate student engagement. Social implicationsSociety is transforming into a hi-tech lifestyle and technological advancement is penetrating almost every sphere of life at an unprecedented pace. From the digitalization of day-to-day affairs to e-governance, the adoption of technology is becoming a new normal. The outbreak of the pandemic overtook academic institutions equally. So, the social distancing compelled academicians and other stakeholders of universities to switchover from in-campus classes to online classes. The findings enrich the existing body of literature by explaining how digital competence has a determining role in ensuring student engagement amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Originality/valueThis research is a seminal work, as it tests the influence of digital competence on student engagement with the moderating role of the pandemic outbreak. To the best of the author's knowledge, existing literature does not present this kind of research.
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页数:21
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