Student Reactions to a Sudden Shift to Online Course Delivery During the Early Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos
Fairfield University, USA
Linda Hughen
Sacred Heart University, USA
Natalya Y. Shelkova
Guilford College, USA
Volume 16: 2021, pp. 117-136; ABSTRACT
The global pandemic of 2020 forced universities to abruptly shift to online education mid-semester, presenting a unique opportunity to study students’ experiences of the same classes both in-person and online. This paper presents the results of a student survey conducted at a private, medium-size university in the Northeast U.S., in which business students expressed their attitudes towards both in-person and online portions of their coursework in Spring 2020. Respondents reported predominantly negative attitudes towards online learning formed during early stages of the pandemic due to the misalignment of initial in-person learning objectives with course design and delivery, and pandemic-related stress, including lack of social interactions with faculty and peers. This study provides educators with insight into what the experience was like from students’ perspectives.
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