Hybrid versus distance learning environment for a paediatric dentistry course and its influence on students' satisfaction: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the novel COVID-19 pandemic, many universities adopted distance and hybrid learning as a modification to their teaching methods to ensure continuity of education, abiding by the worldwide recommendations of social distancing.

Aim

To compare learning environments created through hybrid learning versus distance learning, to deliver paediatric dentistry course, and to assess the correlation between the created learning environment and students' satisfaction.

Method

In this cross-sectional study, students enrolled in a hybrid paediatric dentistry course were asked to participate in an electronic survey. The learning environment was assessed using Distance Educational Learning Environment Survey (DELES), students' satisfaction was assessed using Satisfact

SUBMITTER: Yousry YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9069422 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature