Opinions Of University Students Research Articles

Opinions of University Students on the Evaluation System of Faculty Members

Bu araştırma, Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin öğretim elamanlarının değerlendirme sistemine yönelik görüş ve deneyimlerini çok yönlü olarak ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Nitel araştırma modellerinden olgubilim desenin kullanıldığı araştırmada; amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden tipik durum örneklemesi yöntemiyle 30 katılımcı ile görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada, görüşme türlerinden standartlaştırılmış açık uçlu görüşme tekniği ile hazırlanan görüşme formu ile veriler elde edilmiştir. Görüşme formu bizzat araştırmacı tarafından katılımcılara ulaştırılmıştır. Görüşmelerden elde edilen veriler araştırmacı tarafından kayıt cihazından bilgisayar ortamına aktarılmış ve deşifresi bizzat araştırmacı tarafından gerçekleştirilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler içerik analizi yöntemi ile incelenmiş, katılımcıların yanıtlarından kodlar ve temalar oluşturulmuş, doğrudan alıntı cümlelere yer verilmiştir. Araştırma bulgularından elde edilen sonuçlara göre; katılımcılar, öğrencilerin gerçek kapasitesini ortaya çıkarttığı ve bireysel farklılıklara hizmet ettiği yönünde uygulamalı, karma ve süreç değerlendirme türlerinin kullanılmasının önemini bildirmişlerdir. Çalışma bulgularına göre yazılı, uygulamalı ve karma değerlendirme türlerinin dersin dinamiğine göre uygulanabilir olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Katılımcıların öğrenim süreçlerindeki anlamlandırma düzeyleri birbirinden farklı olarak, değerlendirme tercihleri incelendiğinde en çok “uygulamalı sınav” en az “onu/ sunu anlatımı” tercih edilen değerlendirme türü olduğu belirlenmiştir. Katılımcıların görüşlerine göre Rubrik ve Portfolyo değerlendirme türlerinin faydaları; objektif olması, gözlemlenebilir olması, kademeli ilerlemesi, aktif katılım ve kalıcı öğrenmeler sağlaması şeklinde sıralanmıştır.

ONLINE VZDELAVANIE OCAMI STUDENTOV S POSTIHNUTIM

The Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic was during the pandemic forced to interrupt face-to-face teaching in all schools from kindergarten to university and switch to online education. Even the universities were not prepared for this form of education, as few universities offered study programs in which it was possible to study either in a combined or in an online form. As part of the empirical investigation, the aim was to map the opinions of university students with specific needs and analyzes their experiences with online education. The findings resulting from the investigation of the involved 83 respondents indicate that online education had many advantages and disadvantages for students with specific needs. The most frequently mentioned advantages were recordings from lectures and seminars, teachers were more accommodating, had better communication during consultations, feelt more comfortable in the home environment. There were also negative answers, such as social isolation, technical problems, lack of practice, exercises, problems to concentrate, deterioration of health, unattractive online teaching, reduced time for writing tests.

Students' Opinions on Distance Education: Pandemic and Before

In this study, it was aimed to examine the opinions of university students regarding distance education before and during the pandemic. This research was designed as a qualitative case study. The participants in the research included 64 students, 37 of whom were enrolled before the pandemic, and 27 during the pandemic period. They were all students at the Faculty of Education of a state university in Turkey and were enrolled in the "Open and Distance Learning" course during the fall and spring semesters of the 2019-2020 academic year. To collect data for this study, researchers used a form consisting of open-ended questions. The study found that university students experienced a greater lack of a social environment during the pandemic period. They also encountered more technical problems and faced shortages of digital tools compared to the pre-pandemic period. Furthermore, unlike the previous period, university students reported that they had less personal time, experienced issues with measurement and evaluation, had prolonged screen time, experienced unplanned distance education, lacked active participation, did not receive immediate feedback, and had difficulty managing their studies. As a result of the research, it was determined that there were more positive opinions about distance education before the pandemic and more negative opinions during the pandemic period. Additionally, this study highlights the differences between distance education and emergency remote teaching

Üni̇versi̇te öğrenci̇leri̇ni̇n mi̇kromobi̇li̇teye bakış açıları: E-scooterlar açısından bi̇r değerlendi̇rme

While people's expectations and needs affect their behavior and preferences, technological developments increase the options they can choose from. One of these areas has been the field of transportation, which has been offering environmentally friendly options such as e-scooters and e-bikes in recent years. These new transportation options, called micromobility, are becoming increasingly popular, especially among young people. In this study, the opinions of university students about micromobility, with an emphasis on e-scooters, were investigated. Using a structured interview method, 10 female and 10 male students studying at a maritime university were asked about their opinions on the use of these vehicles. The results show that students are reluctant to use them mainly because they find the roads unsafe and the rules and regulations inefficient. From the gender point of view, it is revealed that the majority of female students don’t prefer them, especially on quiet roads, because of the harassment they might face. Further research on this topic can be carried out with the participation of more students using different methods.

Distance Educaiton Satisfaction in Higher Education Students During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Survey

The primary aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the demographic and socioeconomic conditions of students and their satisfaction regarding distance education in Turkey. As data collection tool, a questionnaire form was created and used in order to assess the opinions of university students about distance education offered due to pandemic process. Four different models were used to investigate the significance of the relationships between the variables. Ordered logistic regression, ordered probit regression, generalized ordered logistic regression, and generalized ordered probit regression were used to determine the factors associated with the individual satisfaction levels of distance education. According to the model comparison criteria, generalized ordered logistic regression produced the best model. Further results generated by this model indicated that gender, status, age, schoolroom, marital status, location at the university, level of computer use, father’s and mother’s education level, and the university location variables had an effect on satisfaction regarding distance education. The present study determined the relationship between several factors regarding the university students, including marital status, age, income level, the region of the university, and their level of computer use, and their satisfaction level with regards to the distance education. Appropriate educational techniques should be emphasized by considering the variables that this study reveals and that have a significant relationship between them in terms of students' satisfaction with the education they receive.

Opinions of Montenegrin University Students and Teachers about Plagiarism and its Prevention

This research paper aims to identify the opinions of university students and teachers about plagiarism and how to prevent it. We employed qualitative techniques, providing three case studies to participants and asking open-ended questions based on these cases. One hundred and forty-five people participated in this study, including bachelor, master, and doctoral students and university teachers. We performed a thematic analysis of the text received from the participants’ responses. The results show that the participants were serious about plagiarism if academic stakeholders commit it; however, they expressed a lenient attitude toward ghostwriters. They also felt there was a need to provide training in academic writing for them to feel confident about their writing and not copy from others. Some awareness sessions on academic integrity should also be conducted.

Students’ Perception Towards Learning Massive Open Online Courses on Coursera Platform: Benefits and Barriers

The advent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has opened up new possibilities for students to access high-quality educational content worldwide faster and easier. Among these online learning platforms, Coursera is the most popular MOOC provider, with over a thousand courses in various fields of study. This study investigated the perception of students towards learning MOOCs on the Coursera platform, examining the benefits and barriers that influence their engagement in this mode of learning. The data were collected from a private university in Vietnam via online surveys with 200 MOOCS participants using a 7-point Likert scale questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with 30 participants. The findings indicated positive opinions of university students on the Coursera platform, including access to diverse topics, high-quality learning materials, a high level of academic support, flexible learning, and the ability to learn at their own pace. The findings revealed a number of benefits of learning Coursera MOOCs, such as earning high-quality certifications, improving knowledge and skills, enhancing personal development, and having chances for higher education and career advancement. In addition, the study identified some barriers to their learning, for example, a lack of interaction with instructors, an overload of information, a lack of motivation and concentration, and difficulties with study language and time management.

Climate Change and University Students Traditional Media, New Media, and Interpersonal Communication Sought for Obtaining Informational Gratifications

The information is available from different sources in this age of media and communication. The audience has more opportunities than before to get access to various and diverse means of communication. This study contributes to the uses and gratifications knowledge and the media dependency theory by analyzing the opinion of university students about their informational gratifications from numerous information sources to explain media dependency. The university students from Pakistan constitute the population for the study. The quota sampling technique is used to select a sample of 600 university students. The quantitative approach is used to collect responses with the help of a questionnaire. The 7-point Likert scale is used to collect data. Descriptive statistics are used for the analysis of data. Overall it is revealed that newer forms of information sources in comparison to the sources of “traditional” forms of media and the means of “interpersonal communication” are mostly used among university students. Television news, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google search, the interpersonal communication with class fellows and friends are found to be active sources for getting information about climate change. The study has implications for digital marketing for climate-related content.

University students’ opinion on gamete donor identification regimes

PurposeThis study aims to evaluate the opinion of university students about the identification or nonidentification of gamete donation and the probability of donation according to the different regimes.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional observational study based on an online anonymous survey including questions about sociodemographic data, reasons for considering donations, information about the donation process and legislation, and their opinions about the different regimes and how they would influence donations.ResultsIn total, 1393 valid responses were obtained, with a mean age of 24.0 years (SD = 4.8), most of the respondents being female (68.5%), living in a relationship (56.7%), and without children (88.4%). The main reasons for considering donation would be altruism and monetary compensation. Overall, it was found that participants were poorly informed about the donation procedure and legislation. Students revealed preference for nonidentified donation, and they were less likely to donate in an open identity regime.ConclusionMost university students consider themselves poorly informed about gamete donation, express a preference for nonidentified gamete donation, and would less likely donate on an open identity basis. Thus, an identified regime may be less attractive to potential donors and lead to a decrease in the availability of gamete donors.

OPINION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON WAYS TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION

This article presents the results of a questionnaire survey among 264 students of the foundation of "Brusov State University", Armenian State University of Economics, National Agrarian University of Armenia, the State University after H. Tumanyan of Vanadzor. The purpose of the study is to find out the opinion of university students about the organization of the process of physical education focused on fitness. Methods of research organization are questionnaire survey, literature study, analysis and generalization. Main tasks are to study literary sources on ways to improve physical education, to organize a questionnaire survey of students of various universities and to clarify their opinion about the features of the process of physical education focused on fitness. According to the results of the survey, the importance of physical education with the use of fitness technologies was explained. Within the framework of the research funded from the RA state budget on the scientific topic "Ways to improve the process of physical education of university students", a questionnaire was compiled in order to organize a questionnaire survey among university students. The questionnaire consisted of 14 questions, which in turn were divided into 2 parts. The first part of the questions was related to the study of the existing state of physical education, to the other the search for ways to improve them. In particular questionnaires were used to find out the opinion of students on the pleasure of participating in physical education classes at universities, the main reasons for the absence of students in these classes, ways of students' interest in the process of physical education, self-assessment of the state of their physical fitness, complaints often heard during physical education classes, exercises performed with the greatest pleasure, features of the organization of physical education classes based on the preferred forms of training of students, including the ways of their influence and also about the features of the use of fitness technologies in physical education classes. As a result of the surveys, the expediency of organizing the process of physical education of university students focused on fitness was revealed, especially in the context of working with female students. At the same time, it turned out that most of the surveyed university students are satisfied with the current way of conducting physical education at the university.

Implications of Sudden Online Public Opinion Incidents for Student Management in Universities

The convenience, invisibility and freedom of online expression have attracted university students to use the Internet as the main platform for expressing their demands, which has also given rise to the special type of public opinion of university students. Understanding the causes of university students' online public opinion can provide guidance for dealing with the corresponding emergencies. This paper adopts a case study method to analyse the causes of current university students' online public opinion and its implications for university student management based on an unexpected university student online public opinion incident. Finally, it puts forward three suggestions for the optimization of university student management, including opening up offline proposal channels, strengthening ideological and political education for students, strengthening the university's supervision of online public opinion, and enhancing the response to unexpected public opinion.

Аналитическое осмысление студентами вуза понятия «информационный иммунитет личности»: педагогический аспект

Importance. The problematic field of students’ information security development in modern society actualized the integration of existing methodological approaches and the search for technologies within which complex researches of ways to solve emerging problems are possible. In the science and practice of pedagogical education, knowledge about the essence and structure of information immunity as a personal quality becomes relevant and in demand. The purpose of the research is a comparative analysis of the opinion of university students on the essence of the concept of “information immunity”, its features in the context of changing digital reality. Research Methods. The research is carried out on the system, environmental, integrative and personal-activity approaches integration basis. The following research methods were used: analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, comparison, generalization, systematization, survey of first and second year Derzhavin Tambov State University various training program students. The sample consisted of 119 students. Results and Discussion. It is revealed that students’ general idea of about the necessity of this personality characteristic, about the prerequisites for its formation, knowledge, capabilities, skills that determine the safe and comfortable functioning of a person in a modern information society (working with information, digital communication, information security, cyber psychology), largely echoes the opinion of philosophers teachers, psychologists, sociologists, lawyers interested in the genesis of “information immunity” concept. The results of the survey also indicate disagreements both on the issue of such characteristics’ causal relationship between the emergence as individual information culture and information immunity, as well with regard to the optimal age for their development. Conclusion. The obtained theoretical results provide additional material for concretizing the subordination of the concepts of “information culture”, “information security”, “individual information immunity”, interpreting the essence of the latter, highlighting its content and functional components, the criteria base for assessing the development of information immunity level.

Student Evaluation of the Features of Learning Management Systems Used by Universities in Distance Higher Education

The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of university students in higher education institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic period about the basic features that a learning management system (LMS) should have, in nine dimensions: communication and interaction, productivity tools, collaboration tools, management tools, course delivery tools, content development tools, hardware compatibility, reporting, and language support). A total of 125 university students studying in different faculties and departments of 12 universities in various regions of Turkey participated in the study. The data were collected using various social media tools via a questionnaire prepared in Google Forms. According to the results of the study, although some students stated that they did not have any knowledge about the features of the LMS that they used, they stated that they were able to use all the features of the LMS effectively. The percentage of students who expressed a positive opinion about the nine features of the LMS they used varied between 36.8% and 53.6%. Some students also stated that they had no knowledge of the features of the LMS they used. The results of this study reveal that there is still a lack of knowledge and use regarding the functions of LMSs used by students. These results highlight the importance of making more effective use of LMSs, which play an important role in distance education.

COVID-19 Pandemisi’nin Yükseköğretimdeki İz Düşümleri

This research examined the effects and reflections of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Higher Education were examined. Participants were 1166 university students studying in different departments were determined using convenient sampling method. The survey method, which is one of the quantitative research approaches, was used in the research process. As the data collection tool, a Likert-type scale with 5 factors and 45 questions was employed by the researchers. Research data were analyzed using IBM SPSS 24.0 and IBM AMOS 24.0. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were used in the analysis of the research data. Independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA test, and correlation test were performed in inferential statistical analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out for the construct validity of the scale. The mediation effect for scale dimensions was tested with serial multiple mediation effect analysis using HAYES's model number 6. As a result of the research, the opinions of university students showed a significant difference apropos of gender, grade level, and department variables. The highest attitude tendency was in the CVEP (COVID-19 Vaccine and Education Process) dimension and the lowest in the ATDE (Attitude towards Distance Education) dimension. The attitudes of university students toward distance education indirectly affect the mediating impact of the variables viz. faculty members' activities, technical infrastructure as well as the variables of the measurement and evaluation system, the Covid-19 vaccine and the process.

Perspectives for Tourism Development in the Post-Pandemic Period in the Opinions of University Students

The dynamic growth and evolution of tourism in recent times and its growing importance for the economies of many countries has been drastically hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has not only affected tourism through travel restrictions and the associated difficulties faced by the tourism industry, but it has also changed people’s tourism preferences (mass tourism has been replaced by more sustainable tourism), as well as their motives for undertaking tourism. The aim of this study is to assess students’ views on the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in shaping their tourism experiences and beliefs about the future of tourism in the perspective of the pandemic and its global implications. The issue is of interest given the young age of the study participants and the belief that they are key influencers in shaping the image of global tourism in the post-pandemic period. The participants of this study were 196 students from higher education institutions in Gdansk, representing both tourism- and non-tourism-related majors. The aim of this study was achieved using the diagnostic survey method, collecting information about the respondents’ beliefs based on a research tool in the form of a survey questionnaire. The results suggest that tourism activities and students’ motives for engaging in them may change after the pandemic expires compared to before COVID-19. In general, studying tourism is associated with moderate attitudes towards the aftermath of the coronavirus compared to the more radical responses of students who do not study tourism. A limitation of this pilot study was the geographical restriction of the respondents to the Polish population, which makes it difficult at this stage to draw more generalized conclusions.

The Use of Mobile Learning Technologies for an Online Mathematics Course: Student Opinions in The Pandemic Process

This study aims to examine the opinions of university students about using mobile learning Technologies in an online mathematics course during the pandemic (COVID-19) period. The participant group of the study consists of 266 university students studying at a private university. In the study, a mixed research method, in which quantitative and qualitative research methods are used, was used. A questionnaire form which was "Student Opinions Regarding Using Mobile Learning Technologies in an Online Mathematics Lesson During the Pandemic Process" created by the researchers and open-ended questions were used to reveal the opinions of the students about the online mathematics lesson. According to the results of the study, one can be seen that the majority of the students make an effort and spare time to understand mathematics in online lessons who use mobile learning technologies during the Covid-19 pandemic process. In addition, they argued that the majority of the students believe that they will be successful in the exam at the end of the online mathematics lesson by using mobile learning technologies and that it is easy to follow the mathematics lesson online using mobile learning technologies during the Covid-19 pandemic process, depending on the teacher giving the lesson. In addition, they stated the inadequacy of knowledge in the field of numeracy and the lack of technical infrastructure in distance education among the difficulties experienced by the students in the online mathematics course. As learning strategies in the virtual environment, the students stated that they did it again and again, watched the live lesson videos over and over, prepared an individual study program for themselves, took notes, attended regular classes, and watched educational videos by using mobile learning technologies.

Determining University Students’ Views on Mobile Technology and Moodle Applications in Personalized Learning

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of university students about mobile technology and Moodle applications, considering that university students continue their lessons through the distance education platform throughout the pandemic, mobile technology will turn into an advantage for them. Quantitative research method was used in the study. The research was conducted in the fall semester of 2021-2022. 270 volunteer university students that study in Kazakhstan participated in the research. In the research, 3-week online training was given to university students. In the research, the "Moodle & Mobile Technology" measurement tool developed by the researchers and compiled by experts in the field was used. The measurement tool was delivered and collected by university students via online method. The analysis of the data was made using the SPSS program, frequency analysis, t-test and anova test, and the results were added to the research with tables and comments. According to the results obtained from the research, it has been concluded that university students have a high opinion of mobile technology and module application.

Agile methodologies in times of pandemic: acquisition of employment skills in higher education

PurposeThis research aims to focus on analysing the opinion of university students on the effects that agile methodologies are having on their education during this time of pandemic that is affecting the normal functioning of on-site universities. Specifically, the authors intend to analyse the effect that different constructs have on the development of their skills for labour markets through the application of agile methodologies in blended learning. Thus, the authors will analyse the effects of intrinsic motivation, the interactivity of the system, the involvement of students, their engagement to these activities and their level of satisfaction with this training process.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted research based on the use of agile methodologies applied to higher education. To this end, various activities were designed within different subjects in marketing area. 115 business students were consulted, who valued their experience and the usefulness of this methodology in relation to the improvement of the learning process.FindingsThe results of the research show the usefulness of agile methodologies for university students. In addition, these methodologies allow them to develop certain skills that will be important for labour markets, such as teamwork, motivation and engagement to tasks to be developed.Originality/valueThe main value of this research lies in the application of a methodology from the business environment in higher education and the subsequent analysis of the students' assessment of these agile methodologies in terms of their usefulness for their professional future. Moreover, this application of agile methodologies has been carried out in an unusual environment due to the pandemic situation that has changed the usual development of face-to-face university training towards the application of e-learning methodologies.

Supervised learning using support vector machine applied to sentiment analysis of teacher performance satisfaction

Satisfaction with teaching performance is an important measurement process in higher education institutions, for this reason, applying sentiment analysis to the opinions of university students through the support vector machine (SVM) Fine Gaussian supervised learning algorithm represents an important contribution to the academic literature. This article identifies the best classification algorithm according to performance parameters for predicting student satisfaction with teaching performance through sentiment analysis; the subsequent implementation of the research has the purpose of strengthening teaching practices, in addition to allowing continuous training of teaching for the benefit of student learning. This article has provided a compact predictive model, with literature review based on SVM and sentiment analysis techniques. Through the machine learning classification learner technique, it is identified that the SVM algorithm: Fine Gaussian SVM is the one with the best accuracy equal to 98.3%. Likewise, the performance metrics for the four classes of the model were identified, which have a sensitivity equal to 88.89%, a specificity of 98.04%, a precision of 99.21% and an accuracy of 98.85%.

Fostering Intercultural Awareness Via Short Stories - Reconnoitering Student Perspective

Understanding people from other cultures is crucial in today's globalised society since it can help to foster peace on the planet. The need to show respect for people from different origins is more important than ever with the emergence of the borderless world brought about by the usage of the internet and various social media. Teaching pertinent intercultural subjects in ESL classes is one strategy to enhance this intercultural awareness. Literature has also generally been seen as a source of wisdom and lessons for living that might help language learners. Hence, this paper presents the results of a preliminary investigation into the opinions of university students about the use of short stories to foster multicultural awareness in ESL classes. A survey using a questionnaire was used to get the students' opinions on learning about other cultures. The results are described in order to determine how these college students feel that reading short stories can improve intercultural understanding. Finally, appropriate conclusions and recommendations are made regarding the need for additional methods of promoting multicultural awareness in ESL classrooms.