Abstract
This survey is focussed on distance learning studies, where there can be met a lot of technical obstacles, which creates complications in decision making. To get an ideal solution for these kinds of problems, the Fuzzy TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarities to Ideal Solution) is one of the best solutions. Therefore, this paper presents the distance learning quality assessment surveys when the Fuzzy AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and TOPSIS methods are used. Research results describe the application of the Fuzzy AHP—TOPSIS hybrid method. MCDM (Multi-Criteria Decision Making) programs with MATLAB (R2020b) mathematical package were written to calculate the evaluation results for three distance learning courses. In the practical implementation of the proposed distance learning module evaluation methodology, the experts’ evaluation method was applied. Thirty-four judges were chosen with specific knowledge and skills and with very different competencies to assess three alternatives by fourteen criteria. Following the experts’ evaluation, a statistical analysis method was used to process the data. After applying the complex evaluation, the comparative analysis method was used to summarize the obtained results. This work further provides useful guidelines for the development of an easily understandable hierarchy of criteria model that reflects the main goal of study quality assessment.
Highlights
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine has forced institutions to reorient and reorganize the entire education system in a short period of time
Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used because the fuzzy analysis takes into account the uncertainty and vagueness of the experts’ conclusion
The linguistic terms used by the experts were converted into Triangular Fuzzy Numbers (TFNs), and the combined decision matrix was calculated
Summary
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine has forced institutions to reorient and reorganize the entire education system in a short period of time. The biggest part of the Military Academy of Lithuania (MAL)’s education process (subject, social, even physical) was transferred from the direct from into the form of distance education This sudden change caused by unforeseen conditions affected the interactions, involvement, and roles of the participants in the educational process, both teachers and cadets, in the educational process, the educational environment, the content, and the nature. This situation forced the MAL to remember and apply the already well-known experience of distance learning and to look for criteria for improving the quality of distance learning courses. New technologies for knowledge transfer have penetrated different distance learning systems and their development has promoted the emergence of modern
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