Abstract
The sudden shift to online teaching following the outbreak of COVID-19 has confronted English language learners with numerous challenges. The students’ perceptions and practices in online learning environments might be influenced by their technology-oriented abilities to survive in the current educational predicament. The current study elucidated the 12th-grade high school students’ online learning experiences in a developing country during the global pandemic in light of their computer self-efficacy (CSE) level. To this end, a total number of 110 students completed the computer self-efficacy scale. The results indicated a moderate to low level of computer self-efficacy among the participants. According to the obtained scores, they were divided into low-CSE and high-CSE groups and asked to ruminate over their online learning experiences during the pandemic by answering eight questions in the form of self-reflection essays. The self-reflections of the two groups were separately analysed, and the recurrent themes were extracted. The results revealed several commonalities and discrepancies between the low- and high- CSE students considering their distant learning experiences within the COVID-19 lockdown. The findings provide pedagogical recommendations for enhancing online learning efficiency among high school students.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53543/jeps.vol16iss4pp320-329
- Journal
- Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 16(4), 320-329
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Unknown
Cite this article
APA 7
Saidi, M., & Arefian, M. H. (2022). Computer Self-efficacy and Perceptions of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Iran High Schools. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 16(4), 320-329. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol16iss4pp320-329
MLA 9
Saidi, Mavadat, and Mohammad Hossein Arefian. "Computer Self-efficacy and Perceptions of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Iran High Schools." Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, vol. 16, no. 4, 2022, pp. 320-329. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol16iss4pp320-329.
Chicago (author–date)
Saidi, Mavadat, and Mohammad Hossein Arefian. 2022. "Computer Self-efficacy and Perceptions of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Iran High Schools." Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies 16 (4): 320-329. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol16iss4pp320-329.
Harvard
Saidi, M. and Arefian, M. H. (2022) 'Computer Self-efficacy and Perceptions of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Iran High Schools', Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 16(4), pp. 320-329. doi:10.53543/jeps.vol16iss4pp320-329.
Vancouver
Saidi M, Arefian MH. Computer Self-efficacy and Perceptions of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Iran High Schools. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. 2022;16(4):320-329. doi:10.53543/jeps.vol16iss4pp320-329
IEEE
M. Saidi, and M. H. Arefian, "Computer Self-efficacy and Perceptions of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Iran High Schools," Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 320-329, 2022, doi: 10.53543/jeps.vol16iss4pp320-329.