Open AccessStudent Anxiety and Engagement with Online Instruction across Two Semesters of COVID-19 Disruptions
Author(s) -
Eric Pennino,
Catherine Ishikawa,
Sayonita Ghosh Hajra,
Navneet Singh,
Kelly McDonald
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of microbiology and biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1935-7885
pISSN - 1935-7877
DOI - 10.1128/jmbe.00261-21
Subject(s) - anxiety , covid-19 , student engagement , medical education , psychology , pandemic , online learning , mathematics education , medicine , computer science , multimedia , psychiatry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
The sudden shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic left many instructors wondering how to minimize anxiety while keeping students engaged in their virtual courses. In this study, we explored (i) specific online instructional tasks that caused students to experience anxiety, (ii) factors that hindered student engagement with online instruction, and (iii) changes in student anxiety and engagement between spring 2020 and fall 2020.