Comparative Analysis of Student Engagement in Digital Textbook Use during Quarantine

Bibliographic Data

ID22043670
AuthorsKamal Moundy (0000-0002-0412-5148, University of Hassan II Casablanca, corresponding author), Nadia Chafiq (0000-0002-5088-2369, University of Hassan II Casablanca), Mohammed Talbi (0000-0001-5430-3144, University of Hassan II Casablanca)
Year2021
Volume11
Issue7
Pages352
Publication date2021-07-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/educsci11070352
OpenAlexW3179432050
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

Following the suspension of classes in Morocco due to the health crisis related to COVID-19, an adaptation of the pedagogical intervention of teaching is required. Distance learning is an essential lever contributing to ensuring the educational continuity of students. In this sense, our contribution is to ensure the educational continuity of students during the period of containment through the use of a digital manual. The digital textbook is made available to students of the 1st year of the qualifying secondary education. Through a tracking grid, we measured the student engagement during two different periods without and with the use of the digital textbook. The results show that the digital textbook was able to elicit student engagement in the completion of learning activities with a remarkable improvement of 57.1% in student engagement rate over the two periods (t (273) = 11.059, p

Distance education · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Student engagement · Medicine · Online Learning and Analytics · Psychology · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour · Technology-Enhanced Education Studies

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