Online studies in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: Students' perspective

Abstract

Globally universities today almost universally employ online (distance, remote) teaching and learning due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Fully online studies were not universally offered by all higher education institutions before the pandemic both globally and in Lithuania. Therefore, it can be argued that before 2020, studies, which analysed distance teaching and learning were to a major degree intended to discuss experiences and attitudes of technology enthusiasts and visionaries. The aim of this paper is to discuss a swift and forced innovation in terms of universal expansion in online learning models and to reveal the perspective of students towards online studies, because the lessons learnt in 2020 may serve for enhancement of higher education didactics even after the quarantine is over.