Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal of Education Technology and Scientific Researches), cilt.6, sa.14, ss.520-568, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
Because of the Covid -19
epidemic spread, universities have started to continue their education
activities with the way of distance education. It is a new, different
education system encountered by students, academicians and universities.
Since this transformation took place very quickly, it brought many
effects with it. In the study, it was tried to determine the attitudes
of university students, who studied with the distance education system
for the first time, towards distance education and perceptions of good
academicians in distance education because of the Covid-19 period, and
it was aimed to investigate the effects of some variables. 518 students
from 7 different departments in the faculty of education participated in
the study. The data were collected both with quantitative and
qualitative research methods in the study. The relational screening
model among the quantitative research methods and the interview in the
qualitative research methods were used. The quantitative data were
collected with the Attitude towards Distance Education Questionnaire and
Good Academician Perception Questionnaire. The semi-structured protocol
form was used in collecting qualitative data. At the end of the
analysis of the data, it was determined that the attitudes of the
university students towards distance education were negative and their
perceptions related to the good academician in distance education were
positive. It was also found that university students mostly experienced
problems originated from the lack of necessary environment at home,
problems arising from internet access and lack of communication with
academic staff. It has been determined that almost all of the university
students think that they do not want to receive distance education.
However; that they find face-to-face education more efficient and that
they cannot take distance education seriously, that it creates
discipline and focus problems, that not everyone has equal
opportunities, that the classroom environment is deprived of learning,
that exams are unreliable, because of lack of computer skills, they have
a problem life, working individually instead of collaboratively. It was
determined that they thought that directing and creating understanding
problems as their negative characteristics.