College Students’ Academic Performance: from Online to on Campus Learning During the Aftermath of a Pandemic

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1 Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu، Jubail Industrial College

2 Royal Commission for Jubail, Education Department

3 Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company

4 Organizational Development Specialist at Gulf Packaging Industries

5 Employee Relations Specialist at Gulf packaging Industries

6 Student at Jubail industrial college

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Education is an important sector that was highly and negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting with ceasing education then transitioning to fully online learning, education was severely affected which resulted in lower academic performance. Many research papers studied the effect of such change on education, however, in this research we focus on the aftermath of the pandemic since many countries declared the end of COVID as a world pandemic. In this research, we conducted an online survey to 214 college students mainly from Saudi Arabia to assess how several factors affect academic performance during the transitioning period from fully online to blended or fully on campus learning. We looked at three factors namely: test competence, engagement, and attention span. We found that test competence and engagement in the classroom positively and significantly affect students’ academic performance. Tactical and technical implications are suggested and discussed to improve online educational platforms and on campus learning which will help enhance academic performance.

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