Author(s)

Xi Chen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Education Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Corresponding Author

ABSTRACT

In the post-pandemic era, the paradigm shift towards digitalization has brought about a transformation in the online learning landscape, from an individualized approach to a more standardized and largely disseminated format, thereby enhancing its accessibility to the masses. This shift has had a significant impact on learners, influencing their learning attitudes, motivations, and outcomes. In this regard, learners' adaptation levels to online learning can essentially determine the efficacy of the teaching-learning process. Therefore, this paper delves into the development and validation of a comprehensive online learning adaptation scale for college students, primarily in response to this paradigm shift. The scale's confection was carried out through a hybrid approach that involved bibliographic research and questionnaire surveys, and the data were further processed using item analysis and factor analysis techniques, validated by reliability and validity testing. Ultimately, the resultant online adaptation scale for college students comprised four unique dimensions, namely, learning attitudes, motivation, ability, and methods, reinforced by a total of 24 items. The results demonstrated the scale's excellent reliability and validity, making it a potent tool for measuring college students' online learning adaptation levels, especially in response to the post-pandemic situation.

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Xi Chen, Development and Validation of Online Learning Adaptation Scale for College Students. Information and Knowledge Management (2023) Vol. 4: 57-63. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/infkm.2023.040208.

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