COVID-19 PANDEMIC MADE ME USE IT: ATTITUDE OF GENERATION Z TOWARDS E-LEARNING (COVID-19 PANDEMİSİ KULLANDIRDI: Z KUŞAĞININ E-ÖĞRENMEYE KARŞI TUTUMU)
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect all segments of society in various ways. The necessity of establishing a balance between public health, and other services requires the evaluation of all aspects of the decisions taken. Because every step was taken in this direction straightly affects the work, education, and even social life of millions of people. As one of the services directly affected by this situation, the education sector suddenly had to switch to distance education models. In this process, it is important to know the attitudes of users, and other interest groups towards these decisions. From this point of view, the study aims to determine the attitude of Generation Z towards e-learning and to analyze whether this attitude has changed in terms of demographic factors. According to the results of the research, the students’ attitude towards e-learning in the sample differs not according to gender, but in terms of other factors such as income, age, GPA. The study is important in terms of contributing to the necessity of knowing individual attitudes in order for the adopted practices to reach the desired performance.
Devam eden COVID-19 pandemisi toplumun tüm kesimlerini çeşitli şekillerde etkilemeye devam etmektedir. Halk sağlığı ve diğer hizmetler arasında bir denge kurulması gerekliliği, alınan kararların tüm yönleriyle değerlendirilmesini gerektirmektedir. Çünkü bu yönde atılan her adım, milyonlarca insanın işini, eğitimini ve hatta sosyal hayatını doğrudan etkilemektedir. Bu durumdan doğrudan etkilenen hizmetlerden biri olarak eğitim sektörü, bir anda uzaktan eğitim modellerine geçmek zorunda kalmıştır. Bu süreçte kullanıcıların ve diğer ilgili grupların bu kararlara yönelik tutumlarını bilmek önem kazanmaktadır. Bu noktadan hareketle çalışma, Z kuşağının e-öğrenmeye yönelik tutumunu belirlemeyi ve bu tutumun demografik faktörler açısından değişip değişmediğini incelemeyi hedeflemektedir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre örneklemdeki öğrencilerin e-öğrenmeye yönelik tutumları, gelir, yaş, not ortalaması gibi faktörler açısından farklılık gösterirken, cinsiyete göre farklılık göstermemektedir. Çalışma, benimsenen uygulamaların istenilen performansı elde edebilmesi için bireysel tutumların bilinmesi gerekliliğine katkı sağlaması açısından önem arz etmektedir.
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect all segments of society in various ways. The necessity of establishing a balance between public health, and other services requires the evaluation of all aspects of the decisions taken. Because every step was taken in this direction straightly affects the work, education, and even social life of millions of people. As one of the services directly affected by this situation, the education sector suddenly had to switch to distance education models. In this process, it is important to know the attitudes of users, and other interest groups towards these decisions. From this point of view, the study aims to determine the attitude of Generation Z towards e-learning and to analyze whether this attitude has changed in terms of demographic factors. According to the results of the research, the students’ attitude towards e-learning in the sample differs not according to gender, but in terms of other factors such as income, age, GPA. The study is important in terms of contributing to the necessity of knowing individual attitudes in order for the adopted practices to reach the desired performance.
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