Welsen, S, Wanatowski, D orcid.org/0000-0002-5809-0374 and Zhao, D (2023) Behavior of Science and Engineering Students to Digital Reading: Educational Disruption and Beyond. Education Sciences, 13 (5). 484. p. 484. ISSN 2227-7102
Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of digital reading during educational disruption on science and engineering students’ learning experience. Before the pandemic, some studies explored whether university students preferred using printed or digital resources for their academic readings. Amidst the pandemic, online learning became essential. Several studies showed students’ preference for printed text. This paper extends a pilot study that was conducted during the first COVID-19 wave in China. A survey consisting of Likert questions and open questions was designed using MS-Forms. The survey was shared with the science and engineering students in Years 2–4 (Levels 1–3) of their study at SWJTU-Leeds Joint School, Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, China. This covered students from four undergraduate programs: Civil Engineering with Transport, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science. In total, 223 students participated in this study. The survey was anonymous and was made available to students for a month. The participation rate is nearly 27%. Findings indicate that the behavior of science and engineering students toward digital reading was different than other majors, and it is generally favorable. The necessity for online learning during educational disruption has encouraged some students to develop their digital reading skills.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | digital reading; educational disruption; science and engineering education |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > SWJTU Joint School (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2023 15:04 |
Last Modified: | 23 May 2023 15:04 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci13050484 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/educsci13050484 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199266 |