DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE LEARNING MODEL BY USING THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT WITH SCAFFOLDING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS IN VIRTUAL MOOT COURT FOR LAW UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN CHINA

Abstract

The research and development of an online learning model by using the virtual environment with scaffolding strategies to improve learning achievement in virtual moot court for undergraduate law students in China, which aimed to: (1) study learning needs and problems of students under traditional moot court teaching; (2)to develop a learning model by using a virtual environment with scaffolding strategies to improve student learning achievements in moot court teaching; (3) to study the result and satisfaction with of using an online learning model by using the virtual environment with scaffolding strategies to improve learning achievements in moot court teaching. The research instruments were as follows: (1) the needs questionnaires about traditional moot court teaching; (2) a learning model by using virtual environment with scaffolding strategies; (3) lesson plans; (4) a learning achievement test on student satisfaction questionnaires; and (6) an approval model form. The data was analyze using mean, SD and dependent t-tests. The population was a total of 96 law undergraduate students in their third-year at the Faculty of Law at Jianghan University, and in the 2023 academic year. The samples were five model experts and 40 law undergraduate students at Jianghan University. Objective 1 found the priority needs (PNI=3.62), the second was needs (PNI=3.59), and the third was needs (PNI=3.57). Objective 2 found the learning model by using virtual environment with scaffolding strategies named MOOT-COSE had seven components: (1) media; (2) online virtual environment and learning platform; (3) an offline lesson plan; (4) teacher; (5) communication (6)Scaffolding; and (7) an evaluation. Objective 3 found there was a significant difference in the learning achievement between the pre-test (Mean=53.65,S.D=3.16) and post-test (mean=95.30, S.D=2.84) and satisfied significantly (p<0.05). In conclusion, the average of total on students’ satisfaction questionnaires the meaning was strongly satisfaction (mean=4.61).

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