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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Digital Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1391251

Online Teaching Efficacy and Its Determinants among Chinese College Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Online Teaching

Provisionally accepted
Shifeng Li Shifeng Li 1*Qiongying Xu Qiongying Xu 2Baobao Dang Baobao Dang 1
  • 1 Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
  • 2 Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China

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    To minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education, countries around the world have turned to online teaching and learning. However, this sudden change also challenges teachers' teaching competence and efficacy. This study investigated online teaching efficacy and its determinants among Chinese college teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic online teaching. Two hundred and seventeen Chinese college teachers who engaged in online teaching during the pandemic participated in an online survey focusing on online teaching efficacy. The results showed that the overall online teaching efficacy of college teachers was relatively high. While demographics such as gender, age, teaching experience, academic title, highest degree attained, and area of expertise did not significantly impact online teaching efficacy, relevant experiences in online teaching -such as prior online course instruction, participation in online teaching training programs or seminars, and collaborative discussions with colleagues -were found to enhance online teaching efficacy.Universities should quickly adapt to this change and build a professional development support system for faculty in online teaching.

    Keywords: ONLINE TEACHING, Teaching efficacy, College teachers, COVID-19, China

    Received: 25 Feb 2024; Accepted: 08 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Li, Xu and Dang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Shifeng Li, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China

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