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Title: Perceptions Regarding Distance Learning in Higher Education, Smoothing the Transition
Language: English
Authors: Todri, Ardita (ORCID 0000-0002-3825-0780), Papajorgji, Petraq (ORCID 0000-0002-3833-5215), Moskowitz, Howard (ORCID 0000-0002-7358-4348), Scalera, Francesco (ORCID 0000-0001-5566-4910)
Source: Contemporary Educational Technology. 2021 13(1):287.
Availability: Contemporary Educational Technology. Faculty of Communication Sciences, Anadolu University, Yunus Emre Campus, Eskisehir 26470, Turkey. e-mail: editor@cedtech.net; Web site: http://www.cedtech.net
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Role, Student Role, Interaction, Instructional Effectiveness, Social Support Groups, Adjustment (to Environment), Affordances, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Albania, Italy, Morocco, Algeria
ISSN: 1309-517X
Abstract: This paper presents the perceptions on distance learning approaches, assessed through an online survey, using experimental design of ideas (Mind Genomics). Students and professors of higher education institutions who had not yet experienced distance learning before COVID-19 pandemic period participated in the study. The participants belong to the universities located in Mediterranean basin, e.g., Albania, Italy, Morocco, Algeria and few African countries. Results suggest that distance learning will shift many of the responsibilities formerly on the professors to those of the students. The data suggests the need for emotional support during this transition, specifically to maintain interaction among students and professor as well as among students themselves in distance learning platforms as in traditional classrooms. The study shows that the effectiveness and the interactivity of this new paradigm are very important and any further developments of distance learning should provide strong support for these components. The position of the professor is indispensable as the guide to the entire process, suggesting that at least at the time of this writing (2020) distance learning approach is perceived only to be an intermittent complementary path to in-person interactions.
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Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: EJ1281834
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