Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Educational-Instructional Process of the Students from Technical Faculties

Elisabeta Spunei, Nătălița-Mihaela Frumușanu, Roxana Muntean and Gabriela Mărginean
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Elisabeta Spunei: Department of Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Nătălița-Mihaela Frumușanu: Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babes-Bolyai University, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Roxana Muntean: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Politehnica University Timisoara, 300223 Timisoara, Romania
Gabriela Mărginean: Westphalian Energy Institute, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, 45897 Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: Even though we live in a period when the word digitization is prevalent in many social areas, the COVID-19 pandemic has divided mankind into two main categories: some people have seen this crisis as an opportunity to move the activities online and, furthermore, to accelerate digitization in as many areas as possible, while others have been reluctant, keeping their preferences for face-to-face activities. The current work presents the results of an analysis on 249 students from 11 engineering faculties. The study aims to identify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ educational experiences when switching from face-to-face to online education during a public health emergency or COVID-19-related state of alert. The overall conclusion was that, although the pandemic has brought adverse consequences on the health and life quality of many people, the challenges that humankind has been subjected to have led to personal and professional development and have opened up new perspectives for carrying out the everyday activities.

Keywords: education; skills; competences; pandemic; online or face-to-face (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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