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Views of students with visual impairment on distance education during the covid-19 pandemic

Published:2023-03-01 Issue:1 Volume:25 Page:148-161
ISSN:1027-5207
Container-title:European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
language:en
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Author:

Aslan Cem¹,Yalçın Gülistan²

Affiliation:

1. 1 Gazi University , Ankara , Turkey

2. 2 Aksaray University , Aksaray , Turkey

Abstract

Abstract This study investigates the views of students with visual impairments on distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research design of the study is qualitative research. The participants of the study include students with visual impairments. They are studying at different universities where distance education was offered in the fall semester of 2020 in Turkey. We collected the data of the study through a semi-structured interview form. In the analysis of the data collected, content analysis was carried out. According to the results, it has been determined that distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic has both advantages and disadvantages. The benefits of distance education are that the system and course contents used are accessible, the course contents can be listened to again, it is physically easy to listen to the lesson, the evaluations are made in the form of assignment, additional time is given and communication with the instructors is easily facilitated. The disadvantages stated by the students can be as follows: factors related to the distance education system, factors related to the content, aspects concerned with in-term assignments, factors related to exams, psychological and social factors, and communication-related factors.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/eurodl-2023-0012

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