Zooming in or zoning out: examining undergraduate learning experiences with zoom and the role of mind-wandering.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a systematic change in course modalities due to the nationwide suspension of in-person instruction, resulting in the transition to emergency remote distance learning via Zoom. This transition certainly facilitated affordances of flexibility and continuity, but with it brought issues of unfamiliarity, lack of confidence, anxiety, distractions, and validity from both the instructors and the student perspectives. This in situ study aimed to better understand the students' learning experiences with Zoom by assessing the social, cognitive, and behavioral factors influencing learner's mind-wandering and its effect on online engagement. Undergraduate students from 14 classes across two research institutions in California (N = 633) were recruited to partic

SUBMITTER: Wong JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9795320 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature