Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, cilt.5, sa.1, ss.32-46, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
COVID-19 affected higher educational institutions around the world. This study focused
on academics’ perceptions and practices of online education based on their academic
discipline and previous online education experience. The survey research design used
and an e-survey was conducted in May 2020, during which the lockdown restrictions
were rather tight in Turkey. The analyzes were carried out on the responses of 8,242
academics’ using the omnibus chi-square test and t-tests. The results point out that
academics’ time allocation to preparation for courses, student counselling, and lectures
are varying due to their academic disciplines. Generally, academics have a negative
perception of online education though there is a difference between the experienced ones
and others. In particular, academics with online education experience exhibited lower
negative perceptions of online education than those lacking such experience. Maybe one
of the most problematic parts of this transition process for academics is how to ensure
the reliability of exams. Our results showed that even the academics with online education experience have a higher level of distrust towards educational measurement and evaluation methods.