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The Correspondence of Culture and E-Learning Perception Among Indian and Croatian Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Simmy Kurian (Jain Deemed-To-Be University) ;
  • Hareesh N Ramanathan (School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Barbara Pisker (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Tourism and Rural Development)
  • Received : 2021.09.01
  • Accepted : 2022.05.26
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the world, inflicting nationwide lockdowns interrupting conventional schooling through schools, colleges and universities. Educational institutions are struggling to maintain learning continuity through remote learning solutions. Still, the students' perception of this 'new normal' mode and pace of learning needs to be examined to ensure the success of these efforts. This study aimed at examining the perception of higher education students in India and Croatia especially with respect to the association between cultural orientation and the e-learning. The period considered for the data collection was from March 2020 to September 2020. Correspondence analysis was attempted to create spatial maps to depict the respondent choices. Students from both the regions agreed to the high-power distance that existed in their cultures and considered the role of device and content to be an important dimension of e-learning for it to be effective, but the results also pointed out some differences in their choices on other culture dimensions as well as factors affecting e-learning which make this study unique and suggest in-depth future research for conclusive results.

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