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Colleges and universities have focused on increasing the number of online courses and programs offered to remove the obstacles in terms of time and space. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is used to explore the relationships among the parameters. The results of this study indicate a positive relationship between perceived online learning environment and university students’ learning performance mediated by students’ engagement. Therefore, educators should develop online student engagement strategies in order to increase online student engagement. Furthermore, for improving online students’ learning performance, educators should invest their resources to develop a good online learning environment.
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Tao, Z., Zhang, B., Lai, I.K.W. (2018). Perceived Online Learning Environment and Students’ Learning Performance in Higher Education: Mediating Role of Student Engagement. In: Cheung, S., Lam, J., Li, K., Au, O., Ma, W., Ho, W. (eds) Technology in Education. Innovative Solutions and Practices. ICTE 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 843. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_6
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