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And Then There Was COVID-19: Do the Benefits of Cooperative Learning Disappear When Switching to Online Education?
- Source :
- Sustainability (2071-1050); Nov2021, Vol. 13 Issue 21, p12168, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic induced a rapid shift to online education. University instructors promptly reinvented their teaching methods and developed digital lessons. Cooperative learning has been demonstrated to surpass lecture-based learning (LBL) regarding students' learning processes; therefore, the question arises as to whether the perks of cooperative learning still hold when switching to online education. This study examines whether the benefits of team-based learning (TBL) regarding good teaching (i.e., perceived teaching quality), satisfaction, and performance persist when switching from face-to-face to online education. A quasi-experiment in an undergraduate advanced accounting course compared a non-COVID-19-affected semester to a COVID-19-affected semester. In both semesters, students could choose between a TBL and a LBL path for tutorial sessions. Quantitative survey data (N = 455) indicate TBL outperforms LBL, even when switching to online tools. Good teaching was perceived as even better in the COVID-19-affected semester, and even more so by students in the team-based setting, compared to the lecture-based setting. Students' course satisfaction and performance were unaffected by the switch to online education. This paper shows that TBL still benefits students, even in a blended environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sustainability (2071-1050)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153601560
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su132112168