Development of an Online Lesson on Ideological and Political Theory Courses for Undergraduate Students of a University in Western China

ABSTRACT

The research objectives were to: 1) develop online lessons on ideological and political theory courses to quality, 2) compare the pre-test and post-test scores of students after learning an online lesson on ideological and political theory courses, and 3) study the satisfaction of students who learned an online lesson on ideological and political theory courses. The sample of this study was 20 students at a University in Western China. The instruments research consisted of Superstar Learn Platform, an evaluation form regarding the quality of media and contents, the pre-test and post-test assessment form, and an evaluation form regarding student’s satisfaction towards Online Lesson on Ideological and Political Theory Courses. Statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples.  The results showed that: 1) the online lessons on ideological and political theory courses in media at an good level with the average score of 4.43 and quality of contents at an excellent level with the average score 4.90, 2) the students who learned via online lessons on ideological and political theory courses had an average the pre-test score of 62.33 points and post-test scores 76.97 points, respectively, when comparing the pre-test and post-test scores, so that the post-test scores were higher than pre-test scores with statistical significance at the level, and 3) the students were satisfied with online lessons on ideological and political theory courses overall the students’ satisfaction was found to be at a highest level with the average score of 4.71.