Students’ Motivation to Attend Synchronous Online Lectures

Authors

Kefah Barham, Department of Teaching Methods, College of Humanities and Educational Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, PalestineFollow
Abedulkarim Ayyoub, Department of Psychology and Counseling, College of Business and Communication, An-Najah National University, Nablus, PalestineFollow
Zuheir Khlaif, Department of Teaching Methods, College of Humanities and Educational Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, PalestineFollow
Abdelrahim Barham, Department of Mathematics, College of Science, An-Najah National Uni-versity, Nablus, PalestineFollow

DOI

10.35552/0247.37.12.2131

Abstract

This study aims to sightsee students' perceptions of how online lectures should be through exploring factors that increase students' motivation to attend live zoom classes. A quantitative approach was used to achieve the purpose of the study. The data was collected through an electronic questionnaire using Google forms to explore students' attitudes and perspectives on influencing their attendance to online learning sessions. Five hundred eighty-five participants (154 males and 431 females) in the study made the decision to answer the questionnaire electronically via Google Drive. The study participants were undergraduate students from two universities located north of the West Bank-Palestine. The findings revealed various factors, which may affect students' motivation to attend online lectures. These factors are; instructional and pedagogical practices, synchronous classroom management, technology characteristics, and continuity to attend online classes. Further research is recommended to validate the tool researchers found to build a model describing the relationship among these factors and predict the learners' motivation.

Recommended Citation

Barham, Kefah; Ayyoub, Abedulkarim; Khlaif, Zuheir; and Barham, Abdelrahim (2023) "Students’ Motivation to Attend Synchronous Online Lectures," An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities): Vol. 37: Iss. 12, Article 7.
DOI: 10.35552/0247.37.12.2131
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/anujr_b/vol37/iss12/7