Investigation of College Students' Behavioral Learning Engagement in Online Courses

This study built a behavioral learning engagement model for learners in online courses in colleges and universities, and conducted an empirical study based on this model with the aim of exploring learners' learning behavior in online courses and its influence on academic performance. The study sample comprised of 301 learners who participated in an engineering online optional course offered by a comprehensive university in western China. Clustering analysis and multiple linear regression indicated following results: (1) during studying the online courses, learners' overall behavioral learning engagement is low; (2) there are differences in behavioral learning engagement and academic performance among learners of different genders and subject backgrounds; (3) according to the online behavioral learning engagement and academic performance, learners can be divided into "Active learning", "Passive learning" and "Achievement-driven"; (4) there are significant differences in the influence of behavioral learning engagement of different types of learners on academic performance.