E-LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: POSITIVE ASPECTS AND BARRIERS TO DISTANCE LEARNING FROM THE STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

E-learning as a form of teaching until the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was treated in many Polish universities only as an additional, alternative form of teaching. As a result of the pandemic, remote teaching has become a necessity. It was possible only through the comprehensive use of information and communication technologies, which are currently the basis for the implementation of didactic processes. he aim of this article is to identify barriers and positive aspects resulting from the implementation of distance learning in teaching processes at universities from the student's perspective .The study was quantitative in nature and was carried out with the use of a remote questionnaire on 144 groups of respondents in the period of December 2021 – January 2022. The results of the study allowed to identify barriers and facilities defined by respondents, which resulted from 100% implementation of remote didactic processes.

Keywords: remote learning, e-learning, COVID-19, ICT

JEL classification codes: I23, I25