Learning Issues Encountered and Motivation of Teacher Education Students in Online Learning

Abstract

The descriptive-correlational research design was employed to examine the issues faced by students and their motivation in using online learning. The respondents of the study were the randomly selected students at the College of Education during the second semester of the academic year 2020-2021 of the Iloilo State College of Fisheries. The data-gathering instrument was a research-made questionnaire adapted from Aboagye et al. (2020). The first section was made up of items that measured the demographic information of the respondents.  The second section measured six main challenges such as social issues, lecturer issues, accessibility issues, academic issues, technological skills issues, and time management issues. The last part assessed the learners’ motivation in the use of online learning. Data gathered were analyzed using frequency, mean, standard deviation, and Multiple Regression. The .05 alpha level was used as the criterion for the acceptance or rejection of the null hypotheses. Results revealed that time management, accessibility, technological skills, and social issues were encountered by the teacher education students to a moderate extent. It was further found that teacher and academic issues were the least challenge faced by the students.  Generally, students were slightly motivated in online learning. It can be concluded that students are confronted with issues and challenges as the delivery of instruction shifted from the traditional face to face classes to online learning.  Their motivation is low which is predicted by social, academic, and time management issues.