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The Satisfaction of the Special Need’ Students with E-Learning Experience During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Educational Institutions in Indonesia

Amka Amka 1 * , Juhriyansyah Dalle 2
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1 Department of Special Need Education, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, Indonesia2 Department of Information Technology, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, Indonesia* Corresponding Author
Contemporary Educational Technology, 14(1), January 2022, ep334, https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/11371
Published: 26 November 2021
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ABSTRACT

COVID-19 had a disastrous impact on the education sector resulting in a boom of online learning systems. This shift has severely impacted the underprivileged students with special needs due to the sudden implementation of prolonged distance learning. Thus, it creates an immense need to analyze distance learning media’s effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic for students with special needs. The E-learning readiness and satisfaction of special needs students are scarcely investigated areas in education and e-learning literature. Established on the community of inquiry (COI) model, this study aims to determine the factors that underpin students’ satisfaction with their e-learning experience through the mediated mechanism of students online learning readiness. Surveying 178 special needs students from various Indonesian universities revealed that teaching presence, cognitive and social presence, and content quality, directly and indirectly, influence e-learning satisfaction. This extended and more comprehensive model would help educators better understand e-learning’s use as an effective pedagogical platform, especially in the context of special needs students. Key policy implications and directions for future research are suggested.
Keywords: community of inquiry model, content quality, online learning readiness, students’ cognitive presence, social presence, students’ satisfaction with e-learning experience, teaching presence

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Amka, A., & Dalle, J. (2022). The Satisfaction of the Special Need’ Students with E-Learning Experience During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Educational Institutions in Indonesia. Contemporary Educational Technology, 14(1), ep334. https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/11371

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