Opinions of disabled university students on the distance education process

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the views of university students with disabilities, regarding the distance education process. The data collection tool of this qualitative research carried out in a phenomenological design is a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher, which aims to get the opinions of the disabled students studying at the university on the distance education process. The study group of the research consists of 30 students with visual, hearing and orthopedic disabilities who are studying at various universities in the cities of Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Aktobe and Karaganda in Kazakhstan, and have agreed to participate in the research voluntarily. As a result of the research, it was revealed that university students with disabilities found distance education inadequate in terms of teacher-learner, learner-learner, learner-content and learner-technology relations in line with the answers they gave in the semi-structured interview form. Improving teacher and peer relations in the distance education process of disabled university students, reorganizing the educational content and creating the technological infrastructure suitable for their needs are among the important tasks of the education approach of contemporary higher education.
 Keywords: Distance education, hearing impaired students, higher education. orthopedically impaired students, visually impaired students

A Systematic Review of the Benefits and Challenges of Technologies for the Learning of University Students With Disabilities

“…Online learning can make it easier for older adults with disabilities to study at university by enabling them to combine their studies with employment and family commitments (McManus et al, 2017). However, the studies by McManus et al (2017) and Stambekova et al (2021) identified a number of barriers to studying in the online context. Thus, students with disabilities who participated in the study of McManus et al (2017) did not find it easy to study while balancing their family obligations.…”

“…Despite the advantages of online learning in terms of being able to study anywhere and with time flexibility, studies highlighted the absence of face-to-face interaction, both faculty-student and student-student, as a negative aspect (McManus et al, 2017; Stambekova et al, 2021). In the case of people with mental disabilities, this caused feelings of isolation and disconnection.…”

Examining University Experiences of Students with Special Needs

“…Educational systems are expected to meet the socio-cultural, developmental, and individual needs of all individuals around the world. However, university students with special needs may experience problems in different areas such as education, accessibility, and participation (Stambekova et al, 2021). The present study focused on the university experiences of students with special needs and their suggestions for the problems they had experienced.…”

Evaluation of the Emergency Remote Teaching from Different Perspectives: Student, Faculty Member and Educational Managers’ Opinions

“…2020;Altun Ekiz, 2020;Kılıç, 2020;Mahdy, 2020;Ramos-Morcillo, et Al. 2020;Stambekova, et Al., 2021;Topuz et Al., 2021;Yağan, 2021;Yılmaz, 2020;Yolcu, 2020). It can be claimed that studies analyzing the opinions of faculty members about emergency remote teaching during the pandemic period are relatively few in number compared to studies examining student opinions (Almaghaslah & Alsayari, 2020;Altınpulluk, 2021;Elberkawi, et Al.…”