Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education
Objectives: Higher education institutions all over the world struggled to balance the need for infection control and educational requirements, as they prepared to reopen after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A particularly difficult choice was whether to offer for in-person or online teachi...
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doaj-18f394b30b254a8b95d0875061d4799e2021-08-30T04:14:17ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522021-11-012100187Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher educationAtle Fretheim0Arnfinn Helleve1Borghild Løyland2Ida Hellum Sandbekken3Martin Flatø4Kjetil Telle5Sara Viksmoen Watle6Alexander Schjøll7Sølvi Helseth8Gro Jamtvedt9Rannveig Kaldager Hart10Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway; Centre for Pandemic Interventions Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway; Corresponding author. Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway.Centre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, NorwayFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, NorwayFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, NorwayCentre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, NorwayHealth Services Division, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, NorwayInfection Control and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, NorwayCentre for Welfare and Labour Research, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, NorwayFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, NorwayFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, NorwayCentre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, NorwayObjectives: Higher education institutions all over the world struggled to balance the need for infection control and educational requirements, as they prepared to reopen after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A particularly difficult choice was whether to offer for in-person or online teaching. Norwegian universities and university colleges opted for a hybrid model when they reopened for the autumn semester, with some students being offered more in-person teaching than others. We seized this opportunity to study the association between different teaching modalities and COVID-19 risk, quality of life (subjective well-being), and teaching satisfaction. Study design: Prospective, observational cohort study. Methods: We recruited students in higher education institutions in Norway who we surveyed biweekly from September to December in 2020. Results: 26 754 students from 14 higher education institutions provided data to our analyses. We found that two weeks of in-person teaching was negatively associated with COVID-19 risk compared to online teaching, but the difference was very uncertain (−22% relative difference; 95% CI -77%–33%). Quality of life was positively associated with in-person teaching (3%; 95% CI 2%–4%), as was teaching satisfaction (10%; 95% CI 8%–11%). Conclusion: The association between COVID-19 infection and teaching modality was highly uncertain. Shifting from in-person to online teaching seems to have a negative impact on the well-being of students in higher education.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221001129COVID-19Infection controlPublic healthStudent healthWell-beingIn-person |
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Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education |
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Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education |
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Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education |
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Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education |
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Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education |
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relationship between teaching modality and covid-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): a cohort study among students in higher education |
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Objectives: Higher education institutions all over the world struggled to balance the need for infection control and educational requirements, as they prepared to reopen after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A particularly difficult choice was whether to offer for in-person or online teaching. Norwegian universities and university colleges opted for a hybrid model when they reopened for the autumn semester, with some students being offered more in-person teaching than others. We seized this opportunity to study the association between different teaching modalities and COVID-19 risk, quality of life (subjective well-being), and teaching satisfaction. Study design: Prospective, observational cohort study. Methods: We recruited students in higher education institutions in Norway who we surveyed biweekly from September to December in 2020. Results: 26 754 students from 14 higher education institutions provided data to our analyses. We found that two weeks of in-person teaching was negatively associated with COVID-19 risk compared to online teaching, but the difference was very uncertain (−22% relative difference; 95% CI -77%–33%). Quality of life was positively associated with in-person teaching (3%; 95% CI 2%–4%), as was teaching satisfaction (10%; 95% CI 8%–11%). Conclusion: The association between COVID-19 infection and teaching modality was highly uncertain. Shifting from in-person to online teaching seems to have a negative impact on the well-being of students in higher education. |
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