Vol. 19 / 2024 – International Conference on Virtual Learning
Education after COVID 19, consequences and learned lessons
Snezhana DINEVA
The paper provides information about the teaching and learning consequences of the pandemic at Trakia University, Faculty of Technics and Technologies. During the pandemic period, all disciplines became available as e-learning materials - lectures, exam tests, test for self-preparation and etc. After pandemic period, the students’ and academic staff opinion were collected as a part of research project by inquiry. The results of that questionnaire are shortly discussed. The students and teachers favour blended learning instead of full time distant remote digital training. Almost 81% of professors prefer traditional face-to-face teaching. A significant number of educators have expressed that their main difficulties during online courses stemmed from the absence of direct interaction with their students (44%) and a sense of isolation from the groups they instruct (31%). Nearly half of the students, about 45%, expressed that the primary factor preventing them from embracing online digital remote learning was the absence of direct interaction with their teachers. Additionally, 27% of students cited the feeling of isolation from their peers as another significant challenge. The remote digital learning during the COVID-19 caused a loss of students' motivation to learn, and after the pandemic educators mentioned a lowering in students’ performance and deep understanding gaps of the subjects.
Keywords:
Online learning,
e-learning,
student's opinion,
academic opinion,
digital remote e-learning,
E-assessment
CITE THIS PAPER AS:
Snezhana DINEVA,
"Education after COVID 19, consequences and learned lessons",
International Conference on Virtual Learning,
ISSN 2971-9291, ISSN-L 1844-8933,
vol. 19,
pp. 229-235,
2024.
https://doi.org/10.58503/icvl-v19y202419