Perception of Selected Aspects of Online Learning by Czech Higher Education Students

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https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i5.32243

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online learning, distance education, economics and humanities study programmes, digital competence, higher education institution

Abstract


The study is based on an analysis of real educational processes in the period 2020-2021, when the most significant pandemic waves of Covid-19 were recorded in the Czech Republic. In relation to this, the study aims to identify the views of 968 students on the changed conditions of education and the perception of selected aspects of the transition to online learning by respondents from two higher education institutions in the Czech Republic, the first of which is focused on humanities and the second specializes in economics studies. The research is aimed at discovering students’ attitudes towards the form of distance education forced on them by the relevant circumstances, the use of individual components of distance education to support teaching originally designed for the in-person form, the level and effectiveness of the use of information technologies in online learning and the potential of hybrid learning. For a greater degree of analyticity, a combined research model based on both quantitative and qualitative research has been chosen. Aspects of online learning that could be employed as complementary tools in the full-time conventional study mode have been identified. Students of economics can better visualize the inclusion of online learning in the full-time conventional study mode. Master level students are critical of online learning. The results have been used to design and empirically validate appropriate learning strategies with reflection on current student needs.

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Katarína Krpálková Krelová, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic

Katarína Krpálková Krelová is an associate professor at the Department of Economic Teaching Methodology at Prague University of Economics and Business and Jan Amos Komenský University, Prague. She focuses on the preparation of future teachers of economics subjects relating to didactics in teaching economics as well as presentation and communication technologies in education and quality management systems in education. She has been actively involved in 19 research projects. She is the author of 2 scientific monographs and has participated in 8 other monographs with her own separate chapter. She has had more than 50 scientific articles published in scientific journals, counting scientific articles indexed in the Scopus database, and more than 90 papers for international conferences, including international conferences indexed in the Web of Science database. She is a member of the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy, Austria, (IGIP) and IACEE – the International Association for Continuing Engineering Education, Atlanta, USA as well as the Council of Higher Education Institutions of the CR.

Contact: Department of Economic Teaching Methodology, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Prague University of Economics and Business, W. Ch. Square 4, Prague, 130 67, Czech Republic.

Kateřina Berková

Kateřina Berková is an assistant professor at the Department of Economic Teaching Methodology at Prague University of Economics and Business and at the College of Polytechnics, Jihlava. She focuses on the preparation of future teachers of economics subjects, specifically the methodology of accounting at a national and international level, implementation and development of practical subjects based on project teaching, modern teaching methods and development of cognitive process dimensions. She has participated in 18 research projects and is the author of 3 scientific monographs, more than 29 scientific articles in scientific journals including scientific articles indexed in the Scopus database and more than 50 papers for international conferences including the international conferences indexed in the Web of Science database.

Contact: Department of Economic Teaching Methodology, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Prague University of Economics and Business, W. Ch. Square 4, Prague, 130 67, Czech Republic.

Pavel Krpálek

Pavel Krpálek is an associate professor at the Department of Economic Teaching Methodology at Prague University of Economics and Business and at the College of International and Public Relations, Prague, where he also holds the position of Vice-Rector for Science, Research, Creative, Publication and Grant Activities. He is a member of the Academic Council and Vice-President of the Council for Internal Evaluation at the College of International and Public Relations, Prague, a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Education and Consultancy of the Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, a member of the Subject Board of the Doctoral Study Programme - Theory of Teaching Economics Subjects at the University of Economics, Prague, a member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed electronic journal Media4u for the promotion of education, a member of the scientific editorial board of Extrasystem Praha, o. s. - electronic publishing house and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Diplomatic and Social Studies. He is the author or co-author of significant parts of 4 scientific monographs and dozens of articles in scientific journals and proceedings indexed in world scientific databases. He has participated in a number of scientific projects of fundamental and applied research and is also an evaluator of the National Accreditation Office for Higher Education relating to Teaching Economics Subjects.

Contact: Department of Economic Teaching Methodology, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Prague University of Economics and Business, W. Ch. Square 4, Prague, 130 67, Czech Republic.

Andrea Kubišová

Andrea Kubišová is an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics of the College of Polytechnics Jihlava. She is involved in the teaching of mathematical subjects for finance students mainly with a focus on optimization methods (operational research, mathematical analysis of multivariable functions) and statistical methods.

In her publications, she deals with the fuzzy approach in linear optimization and provides statistical data processing support for other research fields. She has participated in 2 research projects and is the author of 4 scientific articles in scientific journals including scientific articles indexed in the Scopus, Web of Science database and 8 papers for international conferences including the international conferences indexed in the Web of Science database.

Contact: Department of Mathematics, College of Polytechnics Jihlava, Tolstého 16, Jihlava, 586 01, Czech Republic.

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2022-11-04

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Krpálková Krelová, K., Berková, K., Krpálek, P., & Kubišová, A. (2022). Perception of Selected Aspects of Online Learning by Czech Higher Education Students. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 12(5), pp. 4–25. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v12i5.32243

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Vol. 12 No. 5 (2022)

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