INCREASING STUDENT MOTIVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING A PANDEMIC
INCREASING STUDENT MOTIVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING A PANDEMIC

Summary/Abstract: The rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) has led to an educational transformation of traditional academic activities in distance learning through intensive digital communication in an electronic environment. So we witnessed how universities in Bulgaria and around the world were forced to start using with flexibility different types of communication software applications, electronic and learning platforms and/or cloud platforms in their work environment for remote classroom management (Microsoft Teams, Skype, Zoom, G Suite, Viber, Facebook & Messenger, Google Classroom, Blackboard, Moodle, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.). Unfortunately, the lack of direct contact between students and lecturers during classes in the process of distance learning had a direct impact on the level of student motivation. The long period of implementation of distance learning measures has shown that the effectiveness of distance learning directly depends on the conscious motivation of the learners. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to study a model related to increasing the motivation of students during distance learning. The results of the research have been used to propose specific recommendations for increasing the motivation of university students during the educational process.

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