Opportunities and Threats of Virtual Learning in the Corona Pandemic Era: A Phenomenological Study

Subject Areas : Virtual Learning

zetnab azizi ¹ (** Master student of Sociology, Payame Noor University of Khorasan Razavi, Faculty of Sociology, Mashhad, Iran)
hosein hosein nejad ² (* Assistant Professor, Payame Noor University of Khorasan Razavi, Faculty of Sociology, Mashhad, Iran)

Received: 2021-08-04 Accepted : 2021-12-13 Published : 2021-12-22

Keywords: virtual education, Keywords: Corona, Conservatory, Students and Teachers,

Abstract :

Following the outbreak of the Covid virus 19 and the implementation of the social distancing plan, virtual school education continued to operate. This study investigates the opportunities and threats of e-learning during the corona pandemic. This study was conducted within the framework of a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. In this method, in-depth interviews were used to collect information. ض ض ض ض Participants were 20 students and teachers of vocational schools in Kalat city, which was based on the criteria of targeted stratified sampling and sampling continued until saturation. To analyze the findings, the method of summarizing the content of the interview text was used. The findings of this study include four themes and 19 sub-themes: 1- Common problems between students and teachers (6 sub-themes) 2- Problems specific to students (5 sub-themes) 3- Problems specific to teachers in virtual education (3 below Theme) 4- Benefits of e-learning (5 sub-themes).

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