Investigating Students’ Online Self-Regulated Learning Skills and Their E-Learning Experience in a Prophetic Communication Course

Abstract

Prophetic communication (PC) is an Islamic perspective with which to view everyday communication phenomena. While there are currently many negative aspects to the use of social media and the internet, online learning is highly useful for supporting the PC learning process—especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the current pandemic, online learning was typically conducted in a blended manner with face-to-face meetings. However, this shifted during the pandemic, and PC learning was undertaken entirely online. Since the students themselves are one of the success factors of online learning implementation, it is important to examine the students’ self-regulated learning skills in an online PC course throughout the semester. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from four classes. Data analyses were also conducted to address the research aim. The findings revealed that, overall, students apply self-regulated online learning skills. However, improvement and facilitation are still needed to enhance evaluation skills. From the qualitative data gathered, we constructed and categorized several themes into positive learning experiences, challenges, online learning strategies, and suggestions with which to improve online class management.