Distance education learning environments during COVID-19 pandemic from student perspectives: A study in Turkish higher education

This research aims to examine the opinions of Turkish higher education students who receive distance compulsorily due COVID-19 pandemic about learning environments. The data were collected through Distance Education Learning Environments Scale-Turkish Version (DELES-TR) from 3,025 in 75 different departments at 66 universities. study is designed within descriptive survey method. analyzed using independent t-test and one-way ANOVA tests. results showed that indecisive environments general its two sub-dimensions namely ‘Personal Relevance Authentic Learning’ ‘Student Interaction Collaboration’ while they partially agreed on ‘Active Student Autonomy’ ‘Instructor Support’. also student Collaboration differed significantly favor those received online Students reported would prefer if given opportunity choose between in-person education, their had access via a laptop computer. Further are discussed related literature several recommendations made accordingly.