An Evaluation of Online Education Efficacy and the Measures to Improve It From the Perspectives of Management Students in the Wake of COVID-19

Abstract

The forced change to adopt the online mode of education delivery for postgraduate students has posed novel challenges. The efficacy of adopted online education in the wake of COVID-19 needs to be examined. The influence of individual student’s behaviour related variables such as nutrition behaviour, Physical activity behaviour and Social Media usage on perceived online education efficacy and attainment of a learning goal is examined in the current study. A total of 185 post-graduate healthcare management students from different educational institutions of India were surveyed. Path Analysis is performed to test the conceptual model. The results highlight that the effect of exercise on the attainment of a learning goal is best at the higher levels of self-study hours and at the lower levels there is a negative relationship between the two. The impact of social media on self-learning hours and the online education efficacy is negative.