<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In spring 2020 both teachers and learners experienced the interruption of education as it had been established for over 150 years and seemed to be unchangeable. The paper focuses on students’ perspectives on how they perceive the changes in learning due to the pandemic educational emergency response based on the results of a survey of students in four countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland and Turkey. We aim at discussing the data collected at the end of the 2019-2020 Spring semester. The research focuses on the accessibility of the tools for learning, modes of instruction, as well as interaction patterns. In addition, we present students’ opinions on the difficulties they experienced, the learning strategies they adopted and what aspects of online learning should remain as a regular educational practice after the pandemic period.</p></abstract>

In spring 2020 both teachers and learners experienced the interruption of education as it had been established for over 150 years and seemed to be unchangeable. The paper focuses on students’ perspectives on how they perceive the changes in learning due to the pandemic educational emergency response based on the results of a survey of students in four countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland and Turkey. We aim at discussing the data collected at the end of the 2019-2020 Spring semester. The research focuses on the accessibility of the tools for learning, modes of instruction, as well as interaction patterns. In addition, we present students’ opinions on the difficulties they experienced, the learning strategies they adopted and what aspects of online learning should remain as a regular educational practice after the pandemic period.

Emergency online learning during the first Covid-19 period: students’ perspectives from Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland and Turkey

University of Information Science and Technology “St. Paul the Apostle”

ExELL

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In spring 2020 both teachers and learners experienced the interruption of education as it had been established for over 150 years and seemed to be...

Emergency online learning during the first Covid-19 period: students’ perspectives from Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland and Turkey

Published Online: Aug 26, 2021

Page range: 110 - 143

Received: Mar 10, 2021

Accepted: Apr 07, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2021-0002

Keywords
pandemic educational emergency response, students’ perspective, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland, Turkey

© 2021 Lina Miloshevska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Emergency online learning during the first Covid-19 period: students’ perspectives from Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland and Turkey

Published Online: Aug 26, 2021

Page range: 110 - 143

Received: Mar 10, 2021

Accepted: Apr 07, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2021-0002

Keywordspandemic educational emergency response, students’ perspective, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland, Turkey

© 2021 Lina Miloshevska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pandemic educational emergency response, students’ perspective, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Poland, Turkey