ARCS: A model to foster motivation in times of the new normal

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explain the importance of using ARCS model for motivation among students who have returned to face-to-face classes. Therefore, a bibliographical review was carried out by reviewing different articles related to motivation and problems in education in times of COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the information presented in this paper is to help teachers realize the benefits of implementing ARCS model to make students more motivated, engaged, collaborative, and dynamic through a variety of strategies that can be implemented in the classroom. Finally, the results show that ARCS is a suitable model because it is cross-curricular and helps teachers to motivate students and tackle the problems left by the covid-19 pandemic in different contexts, especially in education.