COVID-19 has forced nearly all students including K-12 into online education during pandemic time. This study explores how students at the secondary school reacted to the full-time online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey has been carried out in Fort Bend and nearby counties, Texas to compare students’ online learning conditions, experiences, and expectations. Some implications were made to advise the related policy makers and schools on improving for the future online learning into the secondary school students.

The survey and this study aimed to examine the online learning for the feedbacks from the secondary school students and could provide some potential actions to improve the future online education. Formally, there are three research questions for students during online learning compared to face-to-face education:

What learning conditions were experienced by students?
What benefits and obstacles were received by the students?
What expectations do students have for future online learning education?
The survey was conducted from September 2022 to December 2022, targeting secondary school students, from grade 9 to grade 12. A total of 180 students completed the survey. For question 1, we surveyed the teaching platform, delivery methodology, learning tools, and what factors interrupt the classes. For question 2, we asked the students to compare online learning with face-to-face learning in accessing materials, spending time, teaching materials, communication with teacher, participation, teacher response, online support, workload, bonding with peers, and grade. Finally, we have a few open questions for research topic 3.

Authors:
Qi Zhu, University of Houston - Victoria, United States
Joyce Zhu, Awty International School, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Zhu earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Central Florida in 2002, currently he is a Professor at UH – Victoria and Director of MSCS/MSCIS. His current research interests include Web mining and online Education.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/qi-zhu-05587441/

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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qi-Zhu-22

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