Learning engagement is an important factor in ensuring the quality of learning and promoting deeper learning among students, and is increasingly valued in the quality assessment of higher education. A questionnaire survey is conducted among learners at Batangas State University in the Philippines to analyse their current level of learning engagement, and a detailed analysis is made of the differences in learning engagement levels among different categories of learners. The results indicate that the overall level of learning engagement among distance learners is relatively high, the dimensions, from high to low, are emotional engagement, cognitive engagement, and behavioural engagement. The items with the lowest level of learning engagement are distributed in four tertiary indicators of learners: interpersonal interaction, time management, emotional management, and sense of belonging. The study also indicates that there are significant differences in the level of different learning engagement (in terms of gender, age, and major); finally, it is proposed evaluation methods to enhance the learning engagement of distance learners.

Shenghan An. Learning Strategies and Effects of Distance Education in China. Frontiers in Educational Research (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 6: 53-59. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2024.070607.

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