Attitude Towards Online Learning among Graduate Students in Nursing of a State University (original) (raw)

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the traditional ways of learning and teaching in educational institutions urging educators to shift to the online platform. With this challenge, different attitudes and perceptions of students toward online learning call for observation and analysis. This study examined graduate school nursing students’ attitude towards online learning in a state university in the Philippines. This study used a cross-sectional design with 46 graduate school nursing students as study respondents. The data were collected using an online survey tool and were analyzed through SPSS version 26 using descriptive statistics, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The study results showed that 52.2% had positive and 30.4% had ambivalent attitudes toward online learning. Majority or 93.5% of the respondents were interested in studying courses that use e-learning, although they also believed that the e-learning environment needs advanced technical knowledge of computer use. In addition, the respondents intend to use e-learning tools during the semester if available (91.3%), were positive about e-learning (89.2%), and considered that e-learning assures schedule flexibility (87%). There were no significant differences in the respondents’ attitude towards online learning based on their age, sex, employment status, area of employment, and the number of units taken in the program. Graduate students are positive about online learning and are in favor of adapting to a different modality of instructional delivery. Nursing schools may consider offering the graduate nursing program through online learning mode even after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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