EVALUATION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION PRACTICE IN 2020 COVID 19 PANDEMIC PROCESS

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 80 - 86, 30.09.2020

Fatma Miralay

Abstract

As a global pandemic problem, Covid-19 virus has caused huge losses globally and brought about serious change to the human life, especially in the field of education. In order to reduce losses worldwide, several measures have been taken in the fields of health, economy and politics, especially education, in addition to the importance of medicine. The effects of Covid 19, which many experts consider as a global threat, still continue. It is obvious that it will cause a significant change in the following processes. In this time period, it is aimed to stop face-to-face education in the classroom in universities and other educational institutions, thereby maintaining the social distance as much as possible. In this context, education of more than 800 million students was interrupted. This research covers the evaluation of distance education application of universities in TRNC according to student opinions. Qualitative research method was used in the study and the data obtained were explained by the descriptive analysis method.

Keywords

Education, distance education, Covid 19, Higher Education, TRNC

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