The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Educational Process: A Student Survey

Maria-Crina Radu, Carol Schnakovszky, Eugen Herghelegiu, Vlad-Andrei Ciubotariu and Ion Cristea
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Maria-Crina Radu: Department of Industrial System Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Calea Marasesti 157, 600115 Bacau, Romania
Carol Schnakovszky: Department of Industrial System Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Calea Marasesti 157, 600115 Bacau, Romania
Eugen Herghelegiu: Department of Industrial System Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Calea Marasesti 157, 600115 Bacau, Romania
Vlad-Andrei Ciubotariu: Department of Industrial System Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Calea Marasesti 157, 600115 Bacau, Romania
Ion Cristea: Department of Industrial System Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Calea Marasesti 157, 600115 Bacau, Romania

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: The paper presents the results of a students’ survey carried out at “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Romania, on the quality of educational process on online platforms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was addressed to students from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports. The results of survey highlighted that most of students were satisfied with the measures taken by the university during the lockdown period and the way the teaching—learning-assessment process took place. However, some negative aspects were reported as: lack of an adequate infrastructure for some students, less effective teacher-student communication and interaction, impossibility of performing practical applications, lack of socialization, lack of learning motivation, less objective examination (e.g., possibility of cheating), possibility of physical and mental health degradation (e.g., too much time spent in front of screens, installation of a sedentary lifestyle). Consequently, for the new academic year, effective, and efficient measures must be implemented by the management of the university to remove, as much as possible, these negative issues and to improve the performance of online educational process.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; lockdown period; quality of educational process; online platforms; student survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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