Research Article
Christos Zagkos, Argyris Kyridis, Ioannis Kamarianos, Κonstantia E. Dragouni, Aggeliki Katsanou, Evangelia Kouroumichaki, Nikoleta Papastergiou, Eleftherios Stergianopoulos
EUR J INTERACT MULTIMED ED, Volume 3, Issue 1, Article No: e02207
ABSTRACT
Undoubtedly the pandemic of COVID-19 had a great impact globally on our daily activities. Whereas to face this unprecedented situation all the educational institutions were compelled to keep the lessons conducted over the internet. Under the current circumstances this quantitative research detects, describes, and measures attitudes of 807 students of 5 Greek universities towards the distance learning process. The data that was collected by using a 5-point Likert scale reflects the strong agreement of the students that face-to- face teaching cannot be replaced by distance learning, especially when it comes to laboratory training. The consensus is also that remote learning has abased pedagogical relationships between professors and classmates and among the latter as well. Findings indicate that students come to a meeting of minds about the educational inequalities which are worsened by the lack of digital equipment and undeveloped technological infrastructure. Furthermore, this study reveals a correlation between the responses of the sample and their demographic and social characteristics, something that offers possibilities for additional research.
Keywords: distance learning, educational inequalities, COVID-19, remote education, students’ attitudes
Research Article
Hassane Razkane, Adil Youssef Sayeh, Mohamed Yeou
EUR J INTERACT MULTIMED ED, Volume 3, Issue 1, Article No: e02201
ABSTRACT
The current paper discussed the challenges encountered by university teachers during online education in Morocco. It also investigated teachers’ attitudes towards their distance teaching experience. 156 Chouaib Doukkali University teachers, (male=85 and female=71) were administered an online questionnaire via their professional email addresses. The participants, belonging to five faculties, were kindly invited to fill out the question within two weeks. For triangulation purposes, 20 (male=12 and females=8) informants were interviewed about their experience with distance education. Quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics to extract demographic characteristics of the participants and provide measurements of mean values, standard deviations, and frequencies of the variables. Qualitative data were thematically analyzed. Findings showed that although the vast majority of the respondents used online teaching, many faced both technical and logistical barriers, which were reported to impede the good delivery of lessons. Also, the majority of the participants showed a negative attitude towards the COVID-19 online teaching experience. The study discusses some implications for online teaching practice in tertiary education in Morocco.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, higher education, distance learning, university teachers, challenges
Research Article
Oluwole Caleb Falode, Blessing Fausat Ogunje, Emeka Joshua Chukwuemeka, Ahmed Bello
EUR J INTERACT MULTIMED ED, Volume 2, Issue 1, Article No: e02101
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the perception and attitude of employers of labour toward distance learning graduates in Niger State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research approach was adopted and employers of labour in both private and public sectors within the study area constituted the sample. Four research questions and two null hypotheses were answered and tested respectively in the study. A 19-item researchers’ developed questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. The instrument was considered suitable after undergoing experts’ validation and reliability checks. Data gathered were analyzed in which Mean and Standard Deviation were used to provide answers to the four research questions while t-test statistics were used to test the two hypotheses. Findings revealed that both the perception and attitude of respondents were positive toward distance learning graduates. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that the government should expand the existing ODL and establish more new ones to reduce the load on conventional institutions and curtail the problem of access to Higher Education in Nigeria.
Keywords: distance learning, employers of labour, perception, attitude, graduates
Research Article
Oluwole Caleb Falode, Emeka Joshua Chukwuemeka, Ahmed Bello, Tunde Baderinwa
EUR J INTERACT MULTIMED ED, Volume 1, Issue 1, Article No: e02003
ABSTRACT
This study examined the relationship between flexibility of learning, support services and students’ attitude towards distance learning programme in Nigeria. Correlational research design was adopted and 385 participants constituted the sample of the study using a multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument used for data collection was a researchers-designed questionnaire comprising of three sections. The questionnaire was validated by experts and administered once on the randomly selected sample to determine the internal consistency of the items. Cronbach Alpha formula yielded 0.74, 0.77 and 0.78 for the three different constructs of the questionnaire. Two research questions were raised and two corresponding null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data gathered were analysed using Mean, Standard Deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation formula. The results obtained reveal a positive correlation between the flexibility of learning and students’ attitude towards distance learning programme (r=0.439, p<0.05). Also, there was a positive correlation between support services and students’ attitude towards distance learning programme (r=0.334, p<0.05). It was therefore recommended among others that providers of distance learning programmes should ensure high flexibility and quality learner support services in order to cater for academic needs of learners with different characteristics as these would enhance students’ positive attitude and improve the enrolment of candidates for distance learning programmes.
Keywords: distance learning, flexibility of learning, student support services, attitude
Research Article
Carlo Patilan Cortez
EUR J INTERACT MULTIMED ED, Volume 1, Issue 1, Article No: e02001
ABSTRACT
This study examines the perception of the senior high school students on blended, distance, electronic and virtual learning as a new way of delivering lessons for the following school year due to the existing threat of CoViD-19. A random sample of 342 senior high school students of different strands from STI College Global City served as the sample of this study. Data were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire sent through a google form to comply with the existing lockdown policies of the government. The result indicates that the subjects’ perception on the effectivity of online learning and their capability to attend the e-learning sessions is independent of their life style and available e-learning tools despite the result analysis of variance showing that their perceived mathematical capability are significantly different.
Keywords: blended learning, e-learning, e-learning tools, distance learning, perception, virtual learning