Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the attitudes of Slovenian university professors and students towards distance learning and its didactical perspectives. The sample consisted of 992 university students and 179 university professors who have completed an anonymous online survey. Results from the T-test show five statistically significant differences in attitudes of Slovenian university professors and students. As far as the Spearman's rho coefficients analysis computed on the sample of university professors are concerned, the results show that all items except one have very strong associations among variables, whereas the Spearman's rho coefficient analysis computed on the sample of university students show strong associations among all variables, which is not the case regarding the university professors' sample. Such results imply that a lot will need to be done in the fields of perceptions regarding distance learning, mostly regarding the roles of teachers and their obligations in case of distance teaching and learning, especially in case there should be another pandemic or school closure.