Rapid transition to distance learning due to COVID-19: Perceptions of postgraduate dental learners and instructors.

ABSTRACT: The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) necessitated an abrupt transition from on campus, face-to-face sessions to online, distance learning in higher education institutions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of postgraduate dental learners and instructors about the transition to distance learning, including the changes to the learning and teaching and its efficaciousness. A convergent mixed methods approach to research was utilized. All the instructors and postgraduate learners in a dental college were invited to participate in an online survey. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses on SPSS for Windows version 25.0, and for the responses to the open-ended questions, multi-staged thematic analysis was utilized. Both

SUBMITTER: Rad FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870061 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature