Purpose

This paper aims to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the students studying in higher education institutions pre and during Movement Control Order (MCO). MCO was introduced in March 2020, and the learning process must switch from face-to-face to online learning in schools and universities. This study particularly focuses on university students by analyzing the students' motivation, the community of inquiry and learning performance. In total, three factors are examined in the construct of the community of inquiry, namely social presence, cognitive presence and teaching presence.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper provides quantitative analysis and paired sample t-tests on the students' learning motivation, the community of inquiry and learning performance. This paper presents the analysis of the online learning preference of 282 university students and examines whether there is significant difference in preference before and during MCO.

Findings

The findings indicated that the students lost motivation and learning performance using online learning methods during the MCO period. There is a lack of infrastructure to support the learning and social support from the lecturers and peers.

Research limitations/implications

This research helps to explore improvements that are needed to manage such a pandemic to support teaching staff and students.

Practical implications

The COVID-19 is a pandemic that has affected the learning process of the students, and it should not be neglected even when it is over. Policymakers shall consider providing more training and better infrastructures to cater to smooth Internet connection and platform for online learning. Students are not able to focus on learning using online learning methods and, they lack motivation during the pandemic. The teaching faculty also need to be well-trained in delivering online courses and to be more tech-savvy.

Social implications

With the detailed analysis of the students' learning motivation, the community of inquiry and learning performance, it helps to promote a better education environment.

Originality/value

This is the first study to examine the learning motivation and performance model as well as the community of inquiry during the pandemic. It is evident that university students initially have a high level of motivation and community of inquiry before the pandemic but yield a significant drop during the MCO. The paper presented how COVID-19 seriously impacted on the learning experience.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19对学生动机，探究社区和学习成绩的影响

目的

本文旨在研究COVID-19对运动控制令（MCO）之前和期间在高等院校学习的学生的影响。MCO于2020年3月推出，学习过程必须从面对面转换为学校和大学的在线学习。本研究通过分析学生的动机，探究社区和学习表现来特别关注大学生。总的来说，在探究社区的构建中要考察三个因素，即社会存在，认知存在和教学存在。

设计/方法/方法

本文对学生的学习动机，探究社区和学习成绩进行定量分析和配对样本t检验。本文对282名大学生的在线学习偏好进行了分析，并考察了MCO之前和期间的在线偏好是否存在显着差异。

发现

调查结果表明，在MCO期间，学生使用在线学习方法失去了动力和学习成绩。缺乏支持讲师和同龄人学习和社会支持的基础设施。

研究局限/意义

这项研究有助于探索管理这种大流行以支持教职员工和学生所需的改进措施。

实际影响

COVID-19大流行影响了学生的学习过程，即使结束也不应忽视。政策制定者应考虑提供更多的培训和更好的基础架构，以顺畅地建立Internet连接和在线学习平台。学生无法专注于使用在线学习方法进行学习，并且在大流行期间缺乏动力。教学教师还需要接受过在线课程的培训，并且要精通技术。

社会影响

通过对学生学习动机，探究社区和学习成绩的详细分析，有助于改善更好的教育环境。

创意/价值

这是首次研究大流行期间的学习动机和绩效模型以及探究社区的研究。显然，大学生在大流行之前最初具有很高的动机和探究性社区，但在MCO期间却大幅度下降。该论文介绍了COVID-19如何严重影响学习体验。