The Influence Of Long-Distance Instruction On The Learning Feelings And Willingness Of Interns - Using The Internship Stressor As The Mediator Variable

Abstract

An off-campus internship is regarded as an important way for students to learn professional skills and practical working experience. The effect of off-campus internship will influence the students’ future choices and development of their careers. This research aims to understand the influence of the off-campus interns on the internship effect through interaction in long-distance instruction, and further discuss whether there is an influence of internship stressor on internship effect. Quasi-experimental research method is applied for an 18-week experimental course, and experimental subjects are from the Department of Hospitality Management of a private University in middle Taiwan and divided into the experiment group and the control group. The former group of 30 participants adopts the strategy of synchronous interactive long-distance instruction; the latter group of 28 participants adopts the strategy of asynchronous long-distance instruction. Data analysis methods include Single-Factor Covariance, Multiple Regression Analysis, and Route Analysis. The experimental results show that the internship effect and internship stressor of the experiment group students are significantly different from those of the control group students, and only have a partial mediating effect on the internship stressor. At present, there is no such related literature in the field of Tourism, Hospitality Education outside Taiwan. It is hoped that this research can make up for the lack of relevant literature, provide internship units and universities with references for internship course planning, or can be used as a basis for future research to propose other teaching strategies.