Student Opinions and Experiences During Pandemic Period In Marine Education Within Online Education

Abstract

This study aims to evalaute marine education during COVID-19 pandemic process based on perceptions of Marine Education Faculty students It is known that teaching, learnng and management aspects were affected in the world caused many deaths and many people to get sick, and how this process reflected in the education of students This study was conducted according to qualitative research methods In the study, as a qualitative data collection tool, semi-structured interview form was analyzed Semi-structured interview questions were prepared and research questions were asked This study was carried out with a total of 102 marine education faculty students in the 2020-2021 fall semester academic year Within the scope of the results obtained according to the findings of the participants;opinions regarding the difficulties of online education in applied courses, 18% of the participants stated that they still have difficulties in accessing the necessary technological tools and infrastructure However, they said (44%) that they can comprehend the subject in a better and more understandable way with the videos prepared by the lecturers in applied lessons and that they can overcome this difficulty in this way