Students’ Impressions of Online Learning in Albania

Abstract

The consequences of epidemic Covid-19 forced the education sector around the world to face online learning among these two last years. Many countries in the world had to face this new and very difficult challenge. Unfortunately, the education system of Albania was one of those that had to overcome the difficulties and continue the academic year for all its levels. The main purpose of our study was to analyze the impression of Sports University of Tirana’s students about some aspects of online learning. In this study, we used a closed questionnaire, distributed through the Microsoft Teams application and the descriptive analysis to interpret the collected data.Participants in this study belong to the”Sports University of Tirana”, Professional Master in Pre-University Education Teacher. Results were collected by 218 students (N = 218) of which 61% of them were male and 39% female. According to the age of the student, there was a frequency of 29% of 21-22 years old, 50% of 23-24 years old, and 21% of over 25 years old. The results showed that only 18% of participants disagreed with online learning reinforcing the absence of practices. Unfortunately, these absences rose in them insecurity to fulfill their future mission as Physical Education Teacher. In conclusion, student’s impressions about online learning showed the irreplaceable importance of practical classes for them. Despite the aggravated situation created by Covid-19, online learning for all universities with specific curricula due to practical classes should be combined with auditor classes to improve academic performance.