Digital Transformation in Education during COVID-19: a Case Study

Abstract

Digital transformation is slow process in education which became an urgent topic in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19. In mid March, the Hungarian Government closed the schools and universities and the classes were held in online form. This faced both students and teachers with unexpected challenges. Survey was conducted among the Computer Science and Information Technologist students of the Eszterhazy Karoly University at the end of the semester. Our survey was focused on the experience, feelings and overall expression of the students regarding to digital education and recent changes. Moreover, the survey contains questions about technical preparation and infrastructure. The responses are processed by well-known statistical data analysis tools. Based on the results, the students enjoyed the digital education and half of them are willing to continue it in the future. In addition, students would prefer to use their own devices during on tutorials which allow some changes in the labor environments. Unfortunately, some students had technical issues which may be caused by the heterogeneous software environment and can be solved with support material. Digital transformation was considered successful and the feedback will be integrated into our online classes.