Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), cilt.19, sa.1, ss.505-514, 2025 (Scopus)
Disengagement is considered a significant component that affects the
success, participation, and activity of the students in the online course.
Reviewing the literature revealed the lack of a measurement tool for
assessing students' disengagement in online courses. This study aimed to
develop a scale that examines student disengagement in online courses
through validation and reliability studies. The study was conducted with 772
undergraduate students who took an online course during the study.
Exploratory factor analyses revealed that nine items were extracted under
one factor with an eigenvalue >1. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)
validated the one-factor model, showing significant factor loadings, and
adequate fit indices. As a result, the scale of disengagement in online
courses met the validity and reliability criteria. The disengagement in online
courses scale can be used to examine the precedents and antecedents of
disengagement in a variety of online learning settings