Aleksandra Stevanovi?|Radoslav Boži?|Slaviša Radovi?
Higher education students' experiences and opinion about distance learning during the Covid?19 pandemic
Metropolitan University|Open University in the Netherlands
abstract background covid19 pandemic created significant challenges global higher education community understanding students perception important implications quality learning process affects students engagement learning helps educators rethink principles learning design improve developed programs objectives understanding rapid necessary changes learning caused pandemic related students intrinsic motivation awareness methods 832 participants study quantitative qualitative research methods employing relevant statistical techniques used research students opinions regarding distance learning process results conclusions analysis showed firstyear students significantly less motivated learning process older students saw distance learning less valuable less interesting others research found several positive consequences pandemic working according students schedule relaxed environment looking lecture necessary feeling free ask questions communicate teachers saving travel time implications teachers understanding firstyear students threatened comes developing motivation learn help cope learning anxieties encourage selfbelief give extra support learning process