Used Distance Learning Methods and Its’ Effect to the Academic Performance During the Emergency Situation Based on Four Mandatory Courses in the University of Tartu Curriculum of Computer Science
Name
Laura Raudsepp
Abstract
Before the wide spread of coronavirus, teaching at the University of Tartu was based on face-to-face lessons. Because of the restrictions set in the spring of 2020, all studies transitioned to online and needed the usage of new tools and methods. At first, everybody needed to adapt to the situation, but a year later, the lecturers could use their previous experience and did some changes. The methods used during distance learning and its’ impact to academic performance have been studied before, but mostly outside of the University of Tartu. The aim of the research was to find out how the results of academic performance changed during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years because of distance learning and what methods were the most useful. To achieve that goal, a survey was conducted based on four mandatory courses of the curriculum of Computer Science, which included LTAT.03.003 ,,Object-oriented Pprogramming’’, LTAT.03.004 ,,Databases”, LTAT.06.002 ,,Data Security” and LTMS.00.019 ,,Discrete Mathematics I’’. Data included anonymous exam results of three semesters and information about the course organisation was collected from the lecturers and on Courses web page.
Graduation Thesis language
Estonian
Graduation Thesis type
Bachelor - Computer Science
Supervisor(s)
Marina Lepp, Piret Luik
Defence year
2022