Abstract:

Under the influence of the epidemic situation, a number of economic, political, health, and social changes have ensued globally; these have accordingly had an impact on the educational process as well.

Within a few days only, classroom training had to be shifted into training in an electronic medium. This switch has resulted in a number of difficulties which educational institutions had to face.

The current study is based on a survey in two esteemed universities in Bulgaria. Over 400 students from different courses of study, years of study, and degrees from the two educational institutions have been surveyed.

The objective of the research is to assess students’ opinions on and perceptions of e-learning.

For implementing the analyses envisaged, the tool to be employed in the article is IBM’s statistical software product SPSS.

Following the analyses, conclusions are expected to be drawn about students’ attitudes to their training in an electronic medium - benefits and disadvantages.
The article also discusses the issues of which platforms for e-learning they use and whether, when they shift back to traditional classroom learning, they will prefer to use a mixed type of learning - traditional and online education in one.

Keywords:

Online education, educational platforms, informatisation in the educational process, IBM SPSS.