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The Acoustic Environment and University Students’ Satisfaction with the Online Education Method during the COVID-19 Lockdown
The acoustic environment has been pointed out as a possible distractor during student activities in the online academic modality; however, it has not been specifically studied, nor has it been studied in relation to parameters frequently used in academic-quality evaluations. The objective of this st...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36613032 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010709 |
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author | Puyana-Romero, Virginia Díaz-Márquez, Angela María Ciaburro, Giuseppe Hernández-Molina, Ricardo |
author_facet | Puyana-Romero, Virginia Díaz-Márquez, Angela María Ciaburro, Giuseppe Hernández-Molina, Ricardo |
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description | The acoustic environment has been pointed out as a possible distractor during student activities in the online academic modality; however, it has not been specifically studied, nor has it been studied in relation to parameters frequently used in academic-quality evaluations. The objective of this study is to characterize the acoustic environment and relate it to students’ satisfaction with the online learning modality. For that, three artificial neural networks were calculated, using as target variables the students’ satisfaction and the noise interference with autonomous and synchronous activities, using acoustic variables as predictors. The data were obtained during the COVID-19 lockdown, through an online survey addressed to the students of the Universidad de Las Américas (Quito, Ecuador). Results show that the noise interference with comprehensive reading or with making exams and that the frequency of noises, which made the students lose track of the lesson, were relevant factors for students’ satisfaction. The perceived loudness also had a remarkable influence on engaging in autonomous and synchronous activities. The performance of the models on students’ satisfaction and on the noise interference with autonomous and synchronous activities was satisfactory given that it was built only with acoustic variables, with correlation coefficients of 0.567, 0.853, and 0.865, respectively. |
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spelling | pubmed-98190762023-01-07 The Acoustic Environment and University Students’ Satisfaction with the Online Education Method during the COVID-19 Lockdown Puyana-Romero, Virginia Díaz-Márquez, Angela María Ciaburro, Giuseppe Hernández-Molina, Ricardo Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The acoustic environment has been pointed out as a possible distractor during student activities in the online academic modality; however, it has not been specifically studied, nor has it been studied in relation to parameters frequently used in academic-quality evaluations. The objective of this study is to characterize the acoustic environment and relate it to students’ satisfaction with the online learning modality. For that, three artificial neural networks were calculated, using as target variables the students’ satisfaction and the noise interference with autonomous and synchronous activities, using acoustic variables as predictors. The data were obtained during the COVID-19 lockdown, through an online survey addressed to the students of the Universidad de Las Américas (Quito, Ecuador). Results show that the noise interference with comprehensive reading or with making exams and that the frequency of noises, which made the students lose track of the lesson, were relevant factors for students’ satisfaction. The perceived loudness also had a remarkable influence on engaging in autonomous and synchronous activities. The performance of the models on students’ satisfaction and on the noise interference with autonomous and synchronous activities was satisfactory given that it was built only with acoustic variables, with correlation coefficients of 0.567, 0.853, and 0.865, respectively. MDPI 2022-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9819076/ /pubmed/36613032 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010709 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Puyana-Romero, Virginia Díaz-Márquez, Angela María Ciaburro, Giuseppe Hernández-Molina, Ricardo The Acoustic Environment and University Students’ Satisfaction with the Online Education Method during the COVID-19 Lockdown |
title | The Acoustic Environment and University Students’ Satisfaction with the Online Education Method during the COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_full | The Acoustic Environment and University Students’ Satisfaction with the Online Education Method during the COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_fullStr | The Acoustic Environment and University Students’ Satisfaction with the Online Education Method during the COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_full_unstemmed | The Acoustic Environment and University Students’ Satisfaction with the Online Education Method during the COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_short | The Acoustic Environment and University Students’ Satisfaction with the Online Education Method during the COVID-19 Lockdown |
title_sort | acoustic environment and university students’ satisfaction with the online education method during the covid-19 lockdown |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36613032 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010709 |
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