Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi(BAEBD), cilt.15, sa.3, ss.3459-3485, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
The aim of the mixed-method study is to examine the reactions and reflections of Turkish university students in response to the sudden shift to online and hybrid education due to the February 6, 2023, earthquake in Türkiye. The participants (N=352) were university students from a
Turkish state university. 228 students were studying English in a one-year preparatory program, while the rest were students from the faculties of pedagogy (N= 61), literature (N=56), and science (N=7). Data were collected from an adapted questionnaire and a survey measuring students’
attitudes toward online and distance education after the earthquake. The Distance Education Evaluation Scale was used as a data collection tool. The scale items were analysed through a MannWhitney U test, while content analysis and CLAN (Computerized Language Analysis) program were
used to analyze the survey responses. The findings indicated that university students had mostly unfavourable responses to the transition from face-to-face to online education after the devastating disaster. These reactions were primarily attributed to cognitive, psychological, and social factors. The
male students, the 1st year prep program students, and the students who the earthquake had impacted had notably more pessimistic dispositions towards online education.