Abstract
Although distance learning has become an essential part of everyday life of most students during quarantine, there is little evidence regarding its effectiveness among Ukrainian students. The objective of the research is to estimate the effectiveness of current distance learning process in Ukrainian higher educational institutions; outline types of distance education provided; highlight the negative and positive aspects of introducing distance learning; describe the perspectives and approaches to solving the problems of distance education in universities. The study sought to collect data on students' attitudes and needs for distance learning during quarantine by means of the on-line survey – Covid-19 Distance Learning Questionnaire, which involved 540 respondents. Prerequisites for the development of distance education in Ukraine are considered. The findings reveal the most used distance learning tools, duration of learning, types of leisure activities, readiness of participants of educational process for distance learning, factors that affect distance learning (skills, internet speed, emotions) etc. The results obtained in the research can be provided to the governmental agencies, educational institutions and other stakeholders to further improve the process of distance learning.
Highlights
One of the consequences of informatization of the society and the constant decrease in the cost of using the global Internet has been the significant introduction of information technologies into educational processes (Shunevych, 2002)
The authors have tried to outline the current problems that directly affect the introduction of full-fledged distance learning in Ukraine:
Summing up the data analyses, the study draws the conclusion that the present distance learning in Ukraine does not meet the requirements of modern information society
Summary
One of the consequences of informatization of the society and the constant decrease in the cost of using the global Internet has been the significant introduction of information technologies into educational processes (Shunevych, 2002). Among the basic principles of public policy in the field of higher education, the Law defines: promoting the sustainable development of society by preparing competitive human capital and creating conditions for lifelong learning; accessibility of higher education; international integration and integration of the higher education system of Ukraine into the European Higher Education Area (World experience of distance education development in domestic context) Implementation of these priorities requires significant modernization of the national education system. In the time period from 01 to 10 April 2020, a group of Ukrainian educators-researchers conducted an online survey on the features of distance learning during the quarantine caused by the spread of COVID-19 in the world and Ukraine. An online student survey was conducted due the need to respond promptly to the situation in the country associated with the introduction of quarantine because of the spread of COVID-19. The results of the COVID-19 Distance Learning Questionnaire were processed using the SPSS computer software package for Windows (version 17.0); factor analysis, comparative and correlation analysis and graphical comparison of the empirical data obtained have been conducted
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