Online/Virtual Academic Performance of Hospitality Management Students: The Challenges and Coping Mechanism

Abstract

This study examined the online/virtual academic performance of Hospitality Management Students based on the level of challenges and coping mechanisms. The level of challenges and coping mechanisms the hospitality management students experienced during the synchronous and asynchronous learning with Wi-Fi connection and data connection was determined, and how it affected their academic performances. The respondents of this study were the 202 Hospitality Management Students of Iloilo Science and Technology University, Miagao Campus, composed of second-year to fourth-year level students. The survey questionnaire comprised three sections: the profile of the participants, the challenges in synchronous and asynchronous learning, and the coping mechanism in synchronous and asynchronous learning. It was hypothesized that there is no significant difference between the challenges and coping mechanisms in Hospitality Management Students in synchronous and asynchronous learning.