The evaluation of Distance learning that was applied during the quarantine due of the COVID-19 virus in the Greek data

• Eleni Davradou ^[1]
  1. [1] Univeristy of Alicante
• Localización: Investigando nuevos paradigmas en Educación / coord. por Rosa Pilar Esteve Faubel, Marcos J. Iglesias Martínez, Inés Lozano Cabezas, 2021, ISBN 978-84-18819-91-9, pág. 31
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The whole world is going through an unprecedented difficult experience related to the pandemicof corona virus disease COVID-19. Due to the pandemic, and in order to protect the health of thepopulation, Governments thought the world imposed protective measures, including the suspensionof the activity of educational institutions at all levels and substituted live classes by distant learning.The distance learning implementation gave the possibility to the education community to continuethe educational activity. In Greece the distance learning periods lasted for approximately two monthsin spring 2020, for the academic year 2019-2020 and approximately 5 months for the academic year2020-2021. The response of the school and academic community was remarkable and rapid, althoughthere was no significant preparation and infrastructure. The assessment of this new form of learningrevealed several advantages and disadvantages of distance learning. Among the advantages are thepossibilities to continue educational activities, even in these circumstances, the protection of thevirus, the comfort of studying/teaching from home and the gained familiarity with technology. Inthe disadvantages it was found that lack of socialization and isolation were among the most seriousproblems. Technical obstacles, lack of training and knowledge to use digital tools, student concentration problems and teacher work overload were also major disadvantages of distance learning. Properpreparation, training and infrastructure are essential in similar circumstances.