The Experience of Thai Higher Education Students in Online Learning during the Outbreak of COVID-19

Abstract

This research was aimed to study an online learning readiness of higher education students and examine the satisfaction levels of students towards online learning courses. The online questionnaires in Google form have been distributed through Line and Facebook to the 384 key informant students across Thailand. The research findings suggested 79.7% owned smart phones, 77.6% owned laptops, 56.5% owned tablets and 19.8% owned desktop computers. The students had moderate level of the readiness of online learning (m=3.034). In terms of satisfaction towards online learning courses, 32.6% of students felt satisfied while 50% had neutral opinion. Moreover, the students were more likely to be ready for online learning once they had a stable internet connection and good internet signal. The recommendation are to improve the internet access in the educational institutions as well as providing students with a high-speed internet package to promote online learning for creating equality in online teaching and learning combination with technologies training in both offline and online classes to prepare students for the technology world in the near future.