{"title":"Engagement of Higher Education Students in Live Online Classes: Scale Development and Validation.","authors":"Ömer Koçak, İdris Göksu","doi":"10.1007/s11528-023-00849-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to develop and validate the Live Online Classes Engagement Scale (LOCES) to measure higher education (HE) students' live online classes (LOCs) engagement levels. The scale items were created after reviewing the studies focusing on engagement and those developing engagement scales. For validity and reliability, data were collected from 1039 students (Female = 749, Male = 290) who were receiving distance education via LOCs in 34 different departments of 21 universities in Turkey. As a result of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, a structure with six factors (social, instructional, technological, emotional, behavioral, and withdrawal) and 46 items was obtained. The total variance explained was 63.45%. As a result, the LOCES met the criteria necessary for validity and reliability. In conclusion, the LOCES can be used to measure the engagement levels of HE students in LOCs.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11528-023-00849-7.</p>","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10159832/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"TechTrends","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-023-00849-7","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study aimed to develop and validate the Live Online Classes Engagement Scale (LOCES) to measure higher education (HE) students' live online classes (LOCs) engagement levels. The scale items were created after reviewing the studies focusing on engagement and those developing engagement scales. For validity and reliability, data were collected from 1039 students (Female = 749, Male = 290) who were receiving distance education via LOCs in 34 different departments of 21 universities in Turkey. As a result of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, a structure with six factors (social, instructional, technological, emotional, behavioral, and withdrawal) and 46 items was obtained. The total variance explained was 63.45%. As a result, the LOCES met the criteria necessary for validity and reliability. In conclusion, the LOCES can be used to measure the engagement levels of HE students in LOCs.
Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11528-023-00849-7.
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TechTrends considers manuscripts of the following types:Reports of innovative and/or exemplary practice. General articles discussing matters of concern to practitioners. Critical reviews of important literature, materials, and devices related to the field. Summaries of research translated into practical application. Reports of developmental programs and trends of national and international significance. News of the latest products, both materials and devices, for use in the field. Articles of use to managers and various specializations within the general educational communications and technology field.TechTrends is a peer-reviewed publication, and submitted manuscripts are reviewed without bias by a panel of consulting editors and other professionals with expertise in the topics