Influencing Factors of Online Learning Satisfaction of University Students in the Post-COVID-19 Era in China

Since the post-COVID-19 era, online teaching has become the normalization of universities in China. However, it is still unclear whether students are satisfied with online teaching and what factors affect online learning satisfaction of university students. Therefore, based on the establishment of basic hypothesis, through the construction of path model and questionnaire survey, this paper found the online learning satisfaction of university students in the post-COVID-19 era in China and revealed the main factors affecting online learning satisfaction. The results show that university students are satisfied with the overall evaluation and sub-item evaluation of online learning, and students have a positive attitude toward online learning. From the perspective of the influencing path, curriculum design and learning environment have a positive direct impact on the online learning satisfaction, while teacher characteristics have an indirect positive impact on the online learning satisfaction mainly through curriculum design and learning environment. From the perspective of the degree of influencing factors, although teachers’ characteristics have indirect influence, the degree of influence is the largest. According to the results, this paper provides some suggestions on the improvement of teachers, curriculum design, and learning environment, to improve the online learning satisfaction of university students.