QUARANTEACHING AT A TRANSCARPATHIAN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT: STUDENT VIEWS

Abstract

Distance learning (DL) has not been a common practice in Ukraine before the COVID-19 lockdown in March, 2020, so it meant real challenges for participants of education. This new reality triggered us to get insights into our students’ attitudes to DL. An online questionnaire was designed that was completed by 95 English, Hungarian and Ukrainian major BA and MA college students concerning the issue of DL. Results seem to prove that it has both positive and negative effects. From the empirical evidence it derives that introverted students can be winners of online education and they can continue their education in digital mode in the future with ease. Keywords: COVID-19; quarantine periods; quaranteaching; distance learning (DL); emergency remote teaching (ERT); higher education; student perspectives on DL; student attitudes to DL; Transcarpathia.