The effectiveness of distance learning in the Greek educational system: An exploratory study

The aim of this work is to register the views of university students regarding the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning, a teaching method applied in a compulsory and universal way to all levels of education in Greece, but also all over the world, due to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The students who participated in the exploratory study also expressed their views as to whether and to what extent online teaching can replace in-class teaching in the three levels of education. The reason why it was considered important to record the views of the students was that during one academic semester (February 2020 – June 2020) they attended all their courses initially in person and subsequently over the Internet. This was thought to be of great importance because the comparison between traditional and online teaching was immediate and meaningful, as they attended both forms of teaching in succession.