The Development of Online Learning Environments for Yoga for Health Course Promotion to Enhance the Practical Skills for Higher Education Students
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The purpose of this research was: 1) Develop an online learning environment in the "Yoga for Health" course that promotes practical skills for higher education students. 2) Examine the learning achievement of students who study through the online learning environment in the "Yoga for Health" course. 3) Investigate students' practical skills in relation to the use of the online learning environment in the "Yoga for Health" course. 4) Assess students' satisfaction with the online learning environment in the "Yoga for Health" course.
The sample for this study consists of 300 higher education students enrolled in the "Yoga
for Health" course on the Thai MOOC platform. The research instruments include an open online learning environment comprising eight learning units, achievement tests, and a satisfaction questionnaire.
The study adopts a One-Group Pre-test Post-test Design. Descriptive statistics, including mean and standard deviation, were used for basic data analysis. The validity and appropriateness of the open online learning environment were assessed using an index of item-objective congruence. The achievement test was developed by analyzing item discrimination and item difficulty. A t-test was employed to analyze differences.
The research findings indicate that a comparison of pre-test and post-test learning achievement shows a statistically significant improvement at the .05 level. The assessment of students' practical skills in the "Yoga for Health" course revealed a high level of proficiency. Additionally, students’ satisfaction with the online learning environment was rated at a high level ( = 4.23, S.D. = 0.72).
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