Proceedings of the HCT International General Education Conference (HCT-IGEC 2023)

Online Learning Habits and Engagement of Male Emirati Students: Exploratory Study

Authors
Larysa Nikolayeva1, *
1College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
*Corresponding author.
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Larysa Nikolayeva
Available Online 23 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_9How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Online Learning; Students’ Behavior; Blackboard; Course Analytics
Abstract

Current study aims to identify online learner-content interaction style of Emirati students under the circumstances of unforeseen events. This investigation would help improve learning experience and academic success of Arab students in online media of instruction where online studies is the only option available. The data were collected during the period of Spring semester affected by COVID-19 quarantine. The information on students’ behavior was retrieved through Blackboard course reports. Analysis results enabled discovery of Emirati students’ behavior patterns in an online learning environment and their content type preferences; it helped identify students struggling with learning, take decisions on content amendment, and see the correlation between the level of their online activity and final course grades.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the HCT International General Education Conference (HCT-IGEC 2023)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
23 November 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_9
ISSN
2667-128X
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_9How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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