Hybrid Teaching during Covid-19—A Case Study of Public Universities in Kosovo

Abstract

Hybrid teaching is a complex approach of teaching and learning, which is a combination of both face-to-face and virtual classes held simultaneously. This approach began to be used massively during the global pandemic Covid-19 throughout the world, which since March has become indispensable in Kosovo as well. More focus was of course given to virtual classes, as people were not allowed to go out due to Covid-19 restrictions. These distance classes created a situation that was not stable for the education system in Kosovo and demonstrated major educational challenges for lecturers and students. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how higher education lecturers managed the situation with hybrid teaching, how it was perceived by both lecturers and students, and which teaching approach was more preferable by both parties. We have used the qualitative method to retrieve data, and this was done by using a questionnaire as a tool of gathering information. The questionnaires were distributed to a number of 348 English majors, and 40 professors and teaching assistants from three public universities in Kosovo.

Learning Through Games and Its Impact on the Development of Student’s Knowledge During the Pandemic Period

“…If in some developed . Learning through games and its impact on the development of student's knowledge during the pandemic period, International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science,Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE),11(2),[311][312][313][314][315][316][317][318][319] countries researches showed that the online teaching process with the process of gamification has elevated stress and anxiety in teaching staff, and made pressure to change approaches to teaching and assessment to achieve the highest score (Lakeman, et al, 2022), there are little evidence (Miftari, Dzogovic and Zdravkovska-Adamova, 2021;World Bank, 2020) how teachers in North Macedonia and Kosovo have experienced these, except for higher education (Krasniqi and Shabani, 2022;Leskova, 2021). In addition, even though social distancing has been accompanied by online interaction thanks to continuous advances in digital technologies, it requires educator to work to find ways of increasing students' motivation and engagements (Nieto-Escamez and Roldan-Tapia, 2021), which is why the teachers attitudes toward it is very important.…”