Student Attitudes Regarding Conducting Applied Graphic Lesson through Distance Education due to the COVID-19 Epidemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 virus, which started to appear in Wuhan, China and spread rapidly, has become an epidemic that threatens the whole world. During the epidemic, face-to-face education and training activities started to be carried out with the Distance Education (DE) method. However, various negativities may occur in the education-teaching activities carried out with DE. In this context, it is necessary to determine the negativities experienced in the applied lessons conducted through DE. Thus, new methods can be developed to minimize the negativities encountered. Therefore, in this study, the attitudes of students regarding applied courses conducted through DE were examined. In the study, a new Student Attitude Scale (SAS) was developed to determine student attitudes. The developed SAS was applied to 227 students who took the applied Graphic Pattern I course in the relevant departments of six universities and participated in the study voluntarily. According to the results, it was determined that the students exhibited a more positive attitude for the classroom learning environment. In addition, it was determined that the main problems faced by students in educational activities carried out through DE were technological disruptions. Findings revealed that students do not have enough of a technology-based DE method