Learning Using Distance Technologies: Advantages and Disadvantages Assessment from the Students' Point of View

Abstract

In connection with the information technologies development and the society situation changing, approaches to learning are also changing. In particular, during the pandemic, distance technologies have become widespread in schools and higher education institutions, and up to now, in some cases, classical education combines with distance learning, forming a mixed form. Moreover, various advanced training courses are held in a purely distance format. This is certainly convenient if students, for example, are in different cities and may not be able to attend classes in person, but it is necessary to understand how effective this approach is, what and how good it is from the point of view of students and teachers. The study presented in this article attempts to answer the second of these questions. This year, a survey Voronezh State University Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Mechanics Faculty students was conducted on the stated topic. Students were offered the author's questionnaire, consisting of 18 questions regarding the learning using distance technologies advantages and disadvantages assessment, as well as educational motivation. The questions are divided into five blocks. Students were also asked to take a test to determine the learning motivation by A. A. Rean and V. A. Yakunin, modified by N. Ts. Badmaeva, giving the result in numerical form.
After author's questionnaire responses processing, conclusions were made about students' attitude to the distance learning technologies using in education, assignments and control forms were identified that contribute to various motives for educational activities activation, and students' own assessment of their motivation was given. The consistency of motivation assessment based on the author's questionnaire results and determining educational motivation test was also revealed.