Universiteto Studentų Gyvensenos Ypatumai Pandemijos Metu: Darbo Kompiuteriu Aplinka Ir Fizinis Aktyvumas

Strukčinskaitė, Vaiva; Strukčinskienė, Birutė; Strazdienė, Neringa; Griškonis, Sigitas

doi:10.35988/sm-hs.2021.195

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“…The subjects indicated that they had no experience with distance learning before the start of the coronavirus. Strukčinskaitė et al (2021) study revealed that during the pandemic, only a minority of students took regular breaks after spending many hours at the computer. The subjects mentioned inadequate work equipment and working environment, and most of them felt pain in various parts of the body.…”

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Distance education quality: First-cycle university students’ position

Lamanauskas

Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė

2023

CONT ED TECHNOLOGY

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It is obvious that the COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed learning and study processes. It has become a serious test for university students. Although distance study organization, implementation, effectiveness, and the like are actively researched, it is not entirely clear which way of organization studies is the most appropriate and prospective. Too little attention is still paid to the model of distance studies, its implementation and improvement, especially in the future development of distance and mixed distance study organization and implementation. An empirical qualitative study was conducted, the aim of which was to analyze first-cycle (bachelor study) university students’ position on the study quality issue. 132 students in the field of social sciences from three Lithuanian universities participated in the study conducted in January-May 2022. The verbal data obtained were analyzed using quantitative content analysis. The extracted semantic units were grouped into subcategories and categories. It was established that the main advantages of distance studies were convenience and cost-effectiveness, while disadvantages were the deterioration of the study organization and the deterioration of quality. The ways (directions) of quality distance study improvement can also be seen, i.e., the study process realization improvement (e.g., the content presentation improvement, an increase in interactivity), and study organization improvement (e.g., teacher competence improvement and optimization of the schedule). Despite the revealed shortcomings, more than two-thirds of students positively value the possibility of continuing the study process remotely after the pandemic. More detailed research is needed on the impact of the pandemic on university studies and the further organization and implementation of distance studies.<i> </i>

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Section: National Contextmentioning

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Distance education quality: First-cycle university students’ position

Lamanauskas

Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė

2023

CONT ED TECHNOLOGY

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“…On the other hand, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the transition to distance education changed the study environment and the nature of activities of university students, the time spent working on a computer increased, and certain health problems became apparent. The study revealed (Strukčinskaitė et al, 2021) that during the pandemic, most students spent many hours a day at the computer, and only a minority took regular breaks. Finally, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and accelerated the process of depersonalisation of academic life (Dagys, 2020), highlighted many challenges, related to the organisation and execution of the study process (Lamanauskas et al, 2022), for example, it is not known what the student actually does, and how his identification with the studies or the university in general takes place, the student's perception of the quality of the lectures, the student's opinion about the teaching content and forms.…”

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The Quality of Distance Studies: Second-Cycle Students’ Position

Lamanauskas

Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė

2022

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education system is still not fully known, however there are many studies examining the impact of the introduced quarantine restrictions on the circumstances and quality of students' studies. Universities faced enormous and multifaceted challenges to organise studies during the pandemic period. During the pandemic, new distance teaching/learning platforms were introduced, and more opportunities for distance communication appeared. There is no doubt that COVID-19 has become one of the accelerators of change in the field of information technology accessibility. However, in such conditions, the issues of the quality of university studies become even more relevant.An empirical qualitative study was conducted, the purpose of which was to analyse the position of second-cycle university students on the issue of study quality. 64 master's students in the field of social sciences from four Lithuanian universities participated in the study conducted in November-December 2021. The verbal data collected were analysed using quantitative content analysis.It was established that the second-cycle university study students evaluate basically positively the quality of online learning. The effective realisation of the study process improves the quality of these studies, while the essential worsening factors are psychophysiological and technical disturbances. The pandemic caused also certain transformations in university studies, created the conditions for a wider application of distance studies, and revealed more opportunities to use electronic resources for teaching and study purposes. Although distance master's studies have become a novelty and a challenge to a certain extent, this has also highlighted the need for new teaching/learning methods and forms. In addition, successful and smooth continuity of the study process is only possible if there is sufficient flexibility of the participants in the university study process.

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Universiteto Studentų Gyvensenos Ypatumai Pandemijos Metu: Darbo Kompiuteriu Aplinka Ir Fizinis Aktyvumas

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Distance education quality: First-cycle university students’ position

Distance education quality: First-cycle university students’ position

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