Auditorinio ir nuotolinio kontaktinio mokymo(si) virtualioje erdvėje integravimo prielaidos aukštojo mokslo koleginiu ir universitetiniu lygmeniu: studentų požiūris ir patirtys
Prerequisites for the Integration of Face-to-Face and Distance Contact Teaching/Learning in Virtual Space in Higher Education at College and University Level: Students’ Views and Experiences

Summary/Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic, which quarantined Lithuania in March 2020, has led to major changes in the education system at all levels. The unprecedented global need to move to a distance learning format has led to the need to ensure the organisational-technical smoothness of the study process, the quality of teaching, and a supportive psychosocial environment. Two years of experience in the study pandemic has led to a situation where the initially challenging distance contact and later blended learning are becoming more and more commonplace today: taking on new forms, bringing changes to the study process in response to the realities, needs, and opportunities of the times. The paper presents part of the results of an empirical study that includes emerging findings on students’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic of quarantine restrictions of studying exclusively through virtual contact for a period of time, and mixed studying after the start of the quarantine eases, the study process was partly carried out in the traditional format of face-to-face learning in a physical environment and partly in virtual distance learning, and the prerequisites for the integration of a permanent mixed study model (combining face to face and distance learning) into the regular rhythm of study at college and university level. The survey reveals that there is support for full-time blended learning in higher education, but not for a purely distance learning model.

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