Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on people’s social interaction and has brought changes on education, environment and economy. COVID-19, which affects every aspect of life, has produced results that require re-evaluating the perspective on education. Distance learning, digital learning, e-learning has reshaped education in many ways. There can be a chance of the pandemic in the digital age to turn into an advantage for the education sector. In this period, it can be said that those who have high interest in technology move more easily in distance education and e-learning processes. In this context, expressing the best skills in the digital age, it was thought that the concept of digital citizenship would have positive effects on e-learning. This study is a relational survey and tested by establishing a relationship between digital citizenship and e-learning. The study was conducted among higher education students. It has been observed that there is a positive relationship between digital citizenship behaviors and e-learning attitudes. In addition, it has been observed that the negative anxiety of students due to the pandemic is reflected in their e-learning processes. However, overall results show that digital citizenship behavior digital learning process could be a positive response to COVID-19 closure period.
Highlights
It is a well-known fact that pandemics have had negative impacts throughout history (WHO, 2020a)
Research questions developed for this purpose are as follows: 1- What is the level of attitudes of students towards e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic?
The first question of the study was determined as “What is the level of attitudes of students towards elearning during the COVID-19 pandemic?” and the second question was determined as “What is the level of the digital citizenship behaviors of students?” Descriptive analysis test (Mean: "X" Standard Deviation: "SD") was used to search for an answer to this question
Summary
It is a well-known fact that pandemics have had negative impacts throughout history (WHO, 2020a). Today we are facing a new pandemic. In late 2019, Coronavirus-SARS-COV-2 virus was detected in the city of Wuhan, China. It can be said based on the data of the world health organization that the COVID-19 pandemic, together with its rapid spreading power, affected almost the entire world in a very short time (WHO, 2020b, 2020c). With the outbreak of the pandemic, partial or full time curfews have been imposed around the world. It is observed that individuals are taking measures such as isolating themselves or protecting social distance. Within the framework of these measures, the education sector has had to comply with the restrictions imposed. It seems that education has come to a stop. UNESCO has announced that 1.6 billion students, Akcil & Bastas / Contemporary Educational Technology, 2021, 13(1), ep291 representing half of the student population at all educational levels globally, are unable to continue their education (UNESCO, 2020)
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