OLT ANALYSIS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN PAKISTANI SETTING

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the Online Learning Trials (OLT) in the context of the post-COVID-19 pandemic among multidisciplinary graduates and post-graduate students in Pakistan. An online cross-sectional survey was arranged using “Google Docs” among 128 graduate and 124 post-graduate multidisciplinary students taking online classes or having finished their online courses in their last semester. A self-reporting questionnaire, “Questionnaire for Predicting Online Learning Trials (OLT)/Achievement by Bernard, Brauer, Abrami, and Surkes (2004)”, was used for an online survey. The study sample size was 252 students. A link to a web-based online survey page (Google Docs) was circulated through social media. After that, researchers used SPSS version 24 to conduct descriptive statistical analysis (frequencies and percentages) for the collected data. The study illuminates that Online Learning is less likely to produce the desired output because of a lack of internet access to students, signal issues, and a lack of a participatory approach.