DOI: 10.18848/2327-7955/cgp/a369 ISSN: 2327-8749

Online Learning Effectiveness in Higher Education

Damar Rais, Jafar Jafar, Abdul Gafur, Muhammad Kashif, Silvie Rama Yuliane
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This study investigates undergraduate students’ perceptions of online learning quality and their relationship with academic achievement in digital tutorial environments. Adopting a quantitative methodology to evaluate both experiential and performance metrics, data from eighty-six undergraduates across two online classes were analyzed. Perceptions were assessed via a fifteen-item questionnaire, while non-parametric analyses were utilized due to the negatively skewed distribution of achievement data. The findings reveal consistently high perceptions of tutor quality (M = 3.29), particularly regarding instructional design and material organization. However, assignment feedback and social presence exhibited marginal inter-group variations. Crucially, positive evaluations of tutor quality did not directly translate into enhanced academic performance. The study concludes that while high-caliber digital instruction enriches the perceived learning experience, actual achievement is dictated by broader determinants, including self-regulation. The study contributes to the online learning literature by demonstrating that high-quality digital instruction can enhance perceived learning quality and yield measurable, albeit limited, gains in achievement, while the perception–achievement link remains weak when perceptual scores are highly homogeneous.

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