e-Pedagogium 2021, 21(4):60-71 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.030

University education in the post-covid era by students' perspective

Michal Černý
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Katedra informačních studií a knihovnictví, Filozofická fakulta & Katedra sociální pedagogiky, Pedagogická fakulta Masarykova univerzita, Arne Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno

This empirical study analyses 40 short interviews with students about how they would imagine an ideal university education after the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that students do not aspire to go back but that the experience of online distance learning leads them to think more critically about some topics and aspects of education. They expressly point to the need to change the design of frontal lectures, working with lesson recordings, social aspects of learning and the need to find appropriate solutions for hybrid forms of learning. Some students will be present online, and some physically in the classroom.

Keywords: university, hybrid teaching, lectures, COVID-19, post-covid.

Received: August 12, 2021; Revised: August 12, 2021; Accepted: October 12, 2021; Prepublished online: October 12, 2021; Published: March 30, 2022  Show citation

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Černý, M. (2021). University education in the post-covid era by students' perspective. e-Pedagogium, 21(4), 60-71. doi: 10.5507/epd.2021.030
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