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Factors Influencing Student Engagement for Online Courses: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Shivani Inder 1 *
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1 Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Punjab, India* Corresponding Author
Contemporary Educational Technology, 14(1), January 2022, ep336, https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/11373
Published: 26 November 2021
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The purpose of the study is to develop and validate the scale for measuring the extent of student engagement for online courses. The study draws a battery of variables from literature on student engagement. The study proposes a 6 construct based scale with 26 items. A total of 1602 university students completed the responses for the scale. All participants had a minimum of two months of experience for online courses for inclusion in survey. Firstly, exploratory factor analysis on the initial scale has been carried out and then confirmatory factor analysis has been carried out for testing the validity and reliability of the scale. After establishing the validity of the scale, a scale with six main constructs has been confirmed. The results indicated that skills, emotional, participation and performance engagement along with value to students are the main drivers of student engagement for online courses. The scale can provide an insight to educators about the main factors that can lead to enhanced levels of engagement while delivering courses online and improve the learning experience for students.
Keywords: online courses, student engagement, confirmatory factor analysis, skills, participation

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Inder, S. (2022). Factors Influencing Student Engagement for Online Courses: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Contemporary Educational Technology, 14(1), ep336. https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/11373

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