During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Students' Opinions on Distance Education in Department of Engineering

Dilek Karahoca,Sergey V Lyalyaev,Almira R Bayanova,Lyudmila S Chikileva,Zulfiya F Zaripova,Xu Baoyun

doi:10.3991/ijep.v12i2.29321

Abstract

The decision regarding the distance education method in Turkey on March 15, 2020, has completely changed the learning and teaching methodology of all university students and educators, and it has been seen that all courses have started to be given with distance education. The purpose of this research is to examine the perspectives of engineering university students towards distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research consists of engineering faculty students studying at various universities in the Aegean region and Russian Federation. In the research, a scanning model was used. The data of the research were collected from 520 engineering department university students from various universities in our country, according to the convenience sampling method, and through an online questionnaire filled out by the students. Thanks to this wide participation, results have been obtained that will explain the Covid-19 process related to distance education in a good way. In general, it has been concluded that students are happy to see them in distance education model courses, so they do not fall behind in their education, and university students watch their courses mostly with the help of smart devices.

Highlights

In today’s world, there is a need for distance education for people who have differences in individual characteristics and qualities needed over time, constantly changing knowledge, desire for lifelong learning and desire to have knowledge from different fields [16]
While it is seen that the opinions of university students about distance education are quite high, another finding is that “I can find everything I want through the Distance Education system” M = 4.55 was reached
In this con-text, we see that distance education is not useful in this research, when this study is combined with the results of the research, it is seen that the results of the research are opposite by dec that the distance education system benefits students, in this context, one study shows a positive result while the other study shows a negative result, as a negative result, it is known that research always benefits and benefits in the given problem situation, in this context, it is expected that the research will determine the problem situation well and will appeal well to university students or the audience to be applied

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Introduction

In today’s world, there is a need for distance education for people who have differences in individual characteristics and qualities needed over time, constantly changing knowledge, desire for lifelong learning and desire to have knowledge from different fields [16]. It is thought that this necessary situation in traditional education classrooms and environments seems impossible in terms of providing space and trainers to respond to requests [14]. In this context, individuals are known to prefer effective, cheap, easy and less time-consuming ways in their education [3-5], as in all their studies, and it is seen that health factors lead people to distance education, as in the Covid pandemic process [12]. The spread of distance education by showing itself in many fields and subjects has affected formal education. The fact that any subject desired to be learned can be continued through live lessons without going to school or an institution provides many positive effects in formal education. Other parts of this research will continue according to the purpose

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