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- Satisfaction with remote teaching and the return to in-person teaching: perception of higher education studentsPublication . Martinho, Carla; Cardoso, Adriana; Manteigas, Vítor; Rodrigues, Ricardo Pereira; Abreu, Renato; Escudeiro, Maria JoãoSeveral studies have sought to evaluate how students experienced remote emergency experience due to the pandemic scenario caused by the spread of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. This article aims to analyze the perception of students of higher education Portuguese, and their satisfaction with the remote emergency experience and the return to face-to-face classes. For this, an online questionnaire was applied to students, from the 1st year of the 1st cycle, of courses in the areas of education, communication sciences and business sciences of polytechnic higher education (n=307). For data analysis, a quantitative approach is adopted, using descriptive statistic and correlation analysis. The results show that 59.3% of the interviewees consider themselves extremely satisfied with returning to face-to-face classes. With regard to satisfaction with online classes, it shows that the majority (46.9%) are at the intermediate level (level 3, on a Likert scale from 1 to 5). Finally, when asked about the teaching regime they prefer, most opt for face-to-face teaching (68.4%), followed by mixed (b-learning) (29.6%) and distance (e-learning) (2.0%). The results are presented taking into account the gender, the course, the fact of being a worker or not and the period in which they study. The results allow us to conclude that remote emergency teaching was not satisfactory, in the perception of these students, and that the return to face-to-face teaching was accepted with great satisfaction. These results contribute to the discussion about the needs of a planned remote teaching, with methodologies and equipment suitable for online teaching.
- Strengths and weaknesses of emergency remote teaching in higher education from the students’ perspective: the Portuguese casePublication . Albuquerque, Fábio; Gomes dos Santos, Paula; Martinho, CarlaMotivated by the COVID-19 pandemic, most students of higher education institutions (HEIs) in Portugal experienced online learning from March 2020 to July 2020. Based on the answers obtained from students to a set of two open questions included in a questionnaire, this article aims to identify the positive (strengths) and negative (weaknesses) aspects of online learning during this period, which is also known as emergency remote teaching (ERT). A total of 2,107 valid answers were gathered. Issues related to comfort and time management were the topics most frequently mentioned by students as strengths, particularly for those who are simultaneously workers. In contrast, the assessments, interaction, and self-confidence comprised the set of the most frequently mentioned by students as weaknesses. In this latter context, the most evident differences were found by age, type of course, and students’ status. The breakdown by gender did not show any relevant difference, regardless of the item under analysis. These findings may be useful for decision-makers to plan their actions, particularly regarding the new challenges for the future of higher education programs. Those actions may include the options regarding the most proper learning model among face-to-face, online, or blended learning by case, as well as the measures to improve the overall quality of the online learning to increase the students’ satisfaction.