Perceptions Regarding

Distance Learning in Higher Education

Abstract

Before the COVID-19 crisis, it could be said that the Distance Learning approach played a supporting role; it has now assumed a central rule, and, inhuman relations terms, the faculty and the students are getting ‘on the job training.’ During these pandemic times of COVID-19, institutions of higher education had to close their doors, to stop in-person teacher. In to keep educating, these institutions chose to use DL, and to continue educating.Most higher education institutions had not previously mastered the intricacies of DL, even though the COVID-19 crisis forces the paradigm shift with unexpected speed.The goal of the study is to understand what students and professors think about this approach, to have a feeling of the kinds of problems that are to be addressed so that the efficiency and the interactivity of the traditional teaching process are not negatively impacted. Four topics that could present an interesting ‘story’ about DL became the pillars of the study; effectiveness, interactivity, feasibility and the future of DL, respectively.