Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.
Oral and Dental Disease Research Center, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
BMC Med Educ. 2021 Aug 31;21(1):463. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02903-5.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on education. e-Learning has been becoming most popular. Satisfaction of the student is one of important goal of e-Learning, therefore factors affecting this satisfaction should be considered extensively. This study aims to evaluate the effect of learning style and General Self-Efficacy (GSE) on satisfaction of e-Learning in dental student.
Electronic questionnaires were sent to 85 fifth and sixth-year students who had passed the face-to-face orthodontics course in the previous semester and were studying online orthodontics at the time of this study. Three questionnaires were used including Soloman and Felder learning styles index, General self-efficacy questionnaire and Satisfaction questionnaire for online education.
The results of the reliability test showed that Cronbach's alpha index for the self-efficacy and satisfaction questionnaire was 0.836 and 0.96, respectively. The correlation between satisfaction and the dimensions of learning style showed that the active dimension of processing information had a significant relationship with the level of satisfaction. In the understanding dimension, a relatively strong correlation was observed in the Global dimension. Moderate significant relationship between the total score of self-efficacy and the level of satisfaction has been found.
The results of the present study highlight the necessity of more studies regarding defining effective on student satisfaction during e-Learning. GSES and active learning style in the processing dimension and global learning style in the understanding dimension affect students' satisfaction.
COVID-19 大流行对教育产生了重大影响。电子学习变得越来越流行。学生满意度是电子学习的重要目标之一，因此应广泛考虑影响满意度的因素。本研究旨在评估学习风格和一般自我效能感（GSE）对牙科学生电子学习满意度的影响。
向 85 名第五和第六年的学生发送电子问卷，这些学生在前一个学期通过了面对面的正畸课程，并且在进行本研究时正在在线学习正畸。使用了三份问卷，包括 Solomon 和 Felder 学习风格指数、一般自我效能感问卷和在线教育满意度问卷。
可靠性测试的结果表明，自我效能感和满意度问卷的 Cronbach's alpha 指数分别为 0.836 和 0.96。满意度与学习风格维度之间的相关性表明，信息处理的主动维度与满意度水平呈显著关系。在理解维度中，全球维度观察到相对较强的相关性。还发现自我效能感总分与满意度之间存在中度显著关系。
本研究的结果强调了需要更多研究来确定电子学习中学生满意度的影响因素。GSES 和处理维度的主动学习风格以及理解维度的全球学习风格会影响学生的满意度。
