ABSTRACT

As education is increasingly going online, propelled by the COVID-19 outbreak, how to build student engagement has become critically important, and it is, therefore, necessary to explore the motivators and barriers to student engagement comprehensively. Given the nature of an online learning environment, this study specifically focused on security and privacy concerns as the major issues that may be restricting student engagement. Based on the data collected from 296 students studying at Y University, South Korea, this study reported the results of the structural model test supporting that perceived usefulness and peer behavior directly influence real-time online class participation intention. This study further showed the negative impact of privacy concern and security concern on the perceived ease of participation, which consequently influences RTOC participation intention through perceived usefulness and peer behavior. As technology-enabled contactless activities, including online education, have become new normal, this study’s approach will provide insightful implications that help encourage student participation and active learning.

摘要

在COVID-19疫情的推动下，教育越来越在线化，如何培养学生参与度变得至关重要，因此有必要全面探讨学生参与度的动机和障碍。鉴于在线学习环境的性质，本研究特别关注安全和隐私问题，因为它们是可能限制学生参与的主要问题。本研究基于从韩国 Y 大学学习的 296 名学生收集的数据，报告了结构模型测试的结果，支持感知有用性和同伴行为直接影响实时在线课程参与意图。这项研究进一步表明了隐私问题和安全问题对感知参与难易度的负面影响，因此，通过感知有用性和同伴行为影响 RTOC 参与意图。随着技术支持的非接触式活动（包括在线教育）已成为新常态，这项研究的方法将提供富有洞察力的启示，有助于鼓励学生参与和主动学习。