Identifying student profiles based on their attitudes and beliefs towards online education and exploring relations with their experiences and background

• Seyyed Kazem Banihashem ^[3] ; Omid Noroozi ^[4] ; Perry den Brok ^[4] ; Harm J.A. Biemans ^[4] ; Tim Stevens ^[1] ; Şimal Güney ^[2]
  1. [1] Eindhoven University of Technology

     Eindhoven University of Technology

     Países Bajos

     
  2. [2] Gazi University

     Gazi University

     Turquía

     
  3. [3] Online Learning and Instruction, Open Universiteit, Heerlen, The Netherlands
  4. [4] Education and Learning Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Localización: Innovations in education and teaching international, ISSN 1470-3297, Vol. 61, Nº 6, 2024, págs. 1149-1163
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This exploratory study aims to identify student profiles based on their attitudes and beliefs towards online education during the COVID-19 pandemic, and then relate these profiles to students’ online education experiences and background characteristics. To do this, in 2020, 676 students from a Dutch university were asked to complete a survey about their attitudes and beliefs towards and experiences with online education, and their background characteristics. By using cluster analysis, three main student profiles were identified: (P1) relaxed/positive students, (P2) stressed/negative students, and (P3) somewhat stressed/neutral students. The results showed that student profiles were related to their online education experiences but that profiles did not differ in terms of background characteristics such as age and gender. The results of this study guide educational institutions to better support their targeted students within online education contexts. We discuss these results and provide an agenda for future research and practice.