Abstract:

Distance learning is becoming more and more integrated into the everyday educational procedure. COVID 19 pandemic was a trigger for critical changes in the whole educational system, across all educational levels. These changes have caused a complete reengineering of the educational environment. The stakeholders in such an attempt are many and they have varying viewpoints. In the core of such a process two groups are mainly involved and continuously interacting with each other. These groups namely include the instructors and the students. In the current study an effort has taken place to record certain learning preferences originating from the profile of the students. Research is based on a structured questionnaire survey, which took place during 2023. The students that participated in the study are all university undergraduate and graduate students. The research sample includes people who have experienced distance learning. The survey collected up till now 400 responses, from students, studying in Greece, Italy, Romania and Serbia.The current study focuses on the educational preferences, and more specifically on the learning preferences, which are recorded and analyzed alongside the characteristics and attributes of the participating students. The survey, among other preferences, identified as a significant learning approach "taking notes and reading the written contexts" along with "watching a demonstrative presentation of the information". The study finally examines potential association among learning preferences and students characteristics and attributes.

Keywords:

Learning Preferences, Distance Education, Students' Profile.