Students’ Opinions on Distance Education: The Pandemic and Before
Volume 5 Issue 3(October 2023)
Zeliha Demir-Kaymak Şule Kılınç
Pages: 314-327 Download Count : 200 View Count: 286 DOI Number 10.55236/tuara.1313470 Facebook Twitter Share on Google+
Abstract:
In this study, it was aimed to examine the opinions of university students regarding distance education before and during the pandemic. This research was designed as a qualitative case study. The participants in the research included 64 students, 37 of whom were enrolled before the pandemic, and 27 during the pandemic period. They were all students at the Faculty of Education of a state university in Turkey and were enrolled in the "Open and Distance Learning" course during the fall and spring semesters of the 2019-2020 academic year. To collect data for this study, researchers used a form consisting of open-ended questions. The study found that university students experienced a greater lack of a social environment during the pandemic period. They also encountered more technical problems and faced shortages of digital tools compared to the pre-pandemic period. Furthermore, unlike the previous period, university students reported that they had less personal time, experienced issues with measurement and evaluation, had prolonged screen time, experienced unplanned distance education, lacked active participation, did not receive immediate feedback, and had difficulty managing their studies. As a result of the research, it was determined that there were more positive opinions about distance education before the pandemic and more negative opinions during the pandemic period. Additionally, this study highlights the differences between distance education and emergency remote teaching
Keywords
- Pandemic
- pre-pandemic
- distance education
- emergency remote teaching
- covid 19