Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching practice and perceptions of distance learning among early childhood education instructors who have implemented online-based distance learning due to COVID-19. For this purpose, 139 instructors who taught early childhood education courses participated an online survey. The collected data were analyzed by frequency and percentage.
 The results of this study are as follows. First, about 76% of early childhood education instructors had no experience of distance learning before COVID-19, and the training experience of distance learning was high at about 82%. The early childhood education instructors utilized the combination of real-time interactive classes and video content classes the most, and the frequency of using materials developed by them was high. Second, the early childhood education instructors recognized that the combination of real-time interactive classes and video content classes was the most effective and perceived the effect of non-face-to-face classes and face-to-face classes to be different, and a main reason of the difference was in the interaction between instructors and learners. As the advantages of distance learning, more than 90% of the instructors chose no time and space constraints and convenience due to non-contact. In order to increase the effectiveness of distance learning, they recognized that various improvements were needed, and among them, strengthening learners’ participation was the most necessary. More than 70% of the instructors answered that they are willing to continue at least some of the distance learning after COVID-19. For high-quality distance learning, they perceived that the instructors should develop interaction skills with learners and competencies related to distance learning, while universities should support instructors’ competencies for distance learning and make technical improvements. These results suggest the need to prepare a support system that reinforce instructor’s competencies for distance learning.
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