Presentation on 26th May 2022 at EdTech 2022

1. Learning How to Learn Online:
A Systematic Review of Student Readiness
Elaine Beirne, Mark Brown, Conchúr Mac Lochlainn & Mairéad
Nic Giolla Mhichíl
Dublin City University

3. 738
Journal Articles published
with a Covid-19 related
teaching and learning focus

5. Student
Online
Learning
Readiness
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6. Research Questions
What research has been published reporting student readiness for online distance
learning during the COVID crisis?
How strong is the “learner voice” in COVID-related research reporting on student
readiness for online distance learning?
What lessons can be taken from the COVID-related literature on student readiness
for new models of digital education?
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7. Methodology
1.
Systematic Search of
Academic Databases:
Scopus & Web of Science
2.
Crowdsourced
Recommendations ❏ Digital or Online Learning “Readiness” or “Preparedness”
❏ Students in Higher Education
❏ Covid-19 Context
❏ Empirical research only
❏ January 2020 to August 2021

8. Methodology
1.
Systematic Search of
Academic Databases:
Scopus & Web of Science
2.
Crowdsourced
Recommendations
40 Articles
Identified

9. Where were studies conducted?
Studies largely from developing and non-western countries
The majority of
studies were
conducted in the
Asia-Pacific region
The country with
highest number of
publications was
Indonesia

10. What research methodology was employed?
● Focus on Quantitative Survey Research
70% of studies adopted
a quantitative
methodology

11. How strong is the student voice?
80% of studies rated as
portraying ‘weak’ student
voice

12. What lessons can be learned?
● Limited practical applications of recommendations
Almost 60% of Studies
reported implications for
practice, policy or both.

13. Emergency Remote Research? (Bond et al. 2020)
Nearly half of the studies
had no underpinning
theoretical framework

14. Conceptualisation of Readiness
● Lack of consensus on components of digital readiness is perpetuated in Covid research
● Need for readiness to be view relationally
Majority of studies developed a
new instrument/ scale for
measuring student digital
readiness

16. Míle Buíochas!
elaine.beirne@dcu.ie
@elaine_beirne