Impact of virtual learning on perceived mental health of college students during covid-19 pandemic

Nayak, Parameshwar (author)

The study in this article addresses three research questions: a) how do college students view the effectiveness of technology-mediated virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic; b) how does virtual learning impact their perceived mental health; and c) what is the mode of learning they most prefer? It follows an explanatory research design and survey method. Data are collected using a questionnaire with a purposive sample of 102 students and interviews with 20 students and 40 faculty members in India. The conceptual framework of this study is quite similar to the modified version of the Technology Acceptance Model (Venkatesh and Davis, 2000). The study reveals that 86% of the students find virtual learning to be ineffective. Such learning not only fails to provide adequate opportunities for experiential learning for developing knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities but also creates several perceived mental health problems. This study may help higher education institutions while designing and implementing virtual teaching-learning systems in order to prevent their negative impact on student’s perceived mental health in future crises

• Language: English
• Keywords: virtual learning, mental health, pandemic, behavioral intention, covid crisis, usefulness perception
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 30.09.2022
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 644-664, 784-785
• Numbering: Letn. 59, št. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-142955
• UDC: [364.622-057.875:37.018.43]:[616.98-036.21:578.834]
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.59.3.644–664
• COBISS.SI-ID: 128575235
• Publication date in RUL: 06.12.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Visoka šola za politične vede, Visoka šola za politične vede, Visoka šola za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo, Fakulteta za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo, Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Študija, na kateri temelji članek, obravnava tri raziskovalna vprašanja: a) kakšno je dojemanje študentov o učinkovitosti tehnološko posredovanega virtualnega učenja med pandemijo covida-19; b) kako virtualno učenje vpliva na njihovo zaznavo lastnega duševnega zdravja; in c) kateri način učenja je najbolj zaželen? Šudija uporablja pojasnjevalni raziskovalni načrt in metodo anketiranja. Podatki so zbrani z uporabo vprašalnika z namenskim vzorcem 102 študentov in intervjujev z 20 študenti in 40 visokošolskimi učitelji v Indiji. Konceptualni okvir te študije je precej podoben spremenjeni različici modela sprejemljivosti tehnologije (Venkatesh in Davis, 2000). Študija razkriva, da 86 % študentov meni, da je virtualno učenje neučinkovito. Ne le da ne zagotavlja ustreznih priložnosti za izkustveno učenje za razvoj znanja, veščin in vodstvenih sposobnosti, ampak ustvarja tudi številne težave z duševnim zdravjem. Študija bo pomagala da bi preprečili njihov negativni vpliv na duševno zdravje študentov v kriznih situacijah v prihodnosti.

• Keywords: virtualno učenje, zaznava duševnega zdravja, pandemija, vedenjska namera, zaznavanje uporabnosti, covidkriza