Students’ Opinions about the E-Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has affected research and students all over the world. Ongoing studies have been disrupted and upcoming studies cannot begin until they are adapted to the new reality.

METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. The study was realized during the period March-May 2020. This study was included n = 340 (nurse. physiotherapy, midwife) students. In this study, we conduct a short questionnaire about the perception of quality of e-learning. The study was conducted with students of University of Shkodra, Department of Nursing. The survey was performed through an online form and all participants were virtual and anonym and were free to write everything about the quality of learning, methodology of teaching, and the difficulty during this process.

RESULTS: In this study, n = 340 students were included. One hundred and fifty eight of them were attending their nurse studies, 40 physiotherapy, 72 midwife, and 70 were master students. Thirty-seven percentage of the participants were nurse students in their 2nd year of studies, 10% were nurse students in the 3rd year of their bachelor degree, 21% of students were midwifes in the 2nd year of the bachelor degree, 12% physiotherapy and (20%) in master’s degree. Eighty-three percentage of students were female and 17% were male. The student included were 19–25-year old, minimum 19-year old, maximum 25-year old, average 23-year old. The most part of them were from rural areas (70%).

CONCLUSIONS: The majority of students were satisfied with the methodology of teachers, but they have identified a lot of problems and difficulties during this time. Most part of the problems was identified as technical and economic related with the students and professors.