Türkiye’de Veteriner Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin COVID -19 Pandemisinde Uzaktan Eğitim Sürecine Yönelik Derslerin İşlenme Yöntemi ve Teknik Olanakların Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Covid-19 has caused the death of nearly 5 million people and severe problems in education and all areas of life. When the first case was detected in Turkey, education was suspended in all educational institutions on March 16, 2020. It was decided to continue education in the digital environment through distance and open education for the 2019-2020 spring academic semester. The survey study aimed to evaluate the opinions and thoughts of veterinary students about the methods and technical possibilities of distance education courses. The survey was conducted with 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th-year 1,599 students studying at Veterinary Faculty in Turkey who have experience in both face-to-face and distance education via “Google Docs” between December 10, 2020, and January 11, 2021. It was determined that the rate of those using their computer is 67.2%. However, the difficulties of online courses were determined by the lack of professional development (75.4%), technical problems (73.3%), accessing the Internet (56.8%), etc. Although students find the course time sufficient, courses should be supported with PDF, Word, and PowerPoint documents (78.2%). In addition to the safety concerns of distance education, students say they do not prefer it since it is an application-oriented field in veterinary medicine education and technical problems. It can be suggested that the concerns of students, such as professional development and professional-social interaction due to being away from school, can be eliminated with support training to be held after the pandemic.