Distance Education and Its Effect on Student Satisfaction

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic globally affected many sectors including health, economy and transportation. Distance education practice was widely preferred in many stages during this period. Non-stop distance education also continued in universities within the education sector. The subject of this study was to measure the student satisfaction from education within the course of distance education during pandemic period. The aim of the study on Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University graduate and postgraduate students was to understand whether distance education process had a positive effect on the satisfaction of the students from education. Survey technique among quantative research methods was used in the study. The results of the study showed a significant effect of "instructor support", "personal relevance and authentic learning" and "student autonomy and active learning" among the sub-dimensions of distance education on student satisfaction. Permanence of distance education in higher education institutions at certain rates may provide successful results.