Student Opinions Regarding Microsoft Teams App used as an Educational Online Learning Environment During Pandemic Process

Abstract

With the emergence of smart phone applications and the continuous widespread use of the internet, Learning Management Systems have been used as educational online learning environment. Learning management systems have gained an important position worldwide as an e-learning system in different education institutions with the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020. These educational institutions include higher education. In this process, higher education institutions in continue to frequently use learning management systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Adobe Connect, Canvas, Advancity. In this context, it is important to evaluate these learning management systems, which are used with the transition to distance education during the pandemic process, in terms of different criteria. This context, in this study it is aimed to evaluate the Microsoft Teams app used within the scope of distance education by students in terms of different criteria. The study is an example of a case study within the scope of qualitative research. The study group of the research consists of 15 students studying at Vocational School of Technical Sciences in university. The opinions of the students about the app were taken through the interview form prepared by the researcher. As a result, when the opinions of the students are evaluated in general, they found the app effective in terms of student-student, student-teacher two-way interaction and also it has been demonstrated that they have problems with some technical issues