Distance Education Environmental Design Course in Karadeniz Technical University, Landscape Architecture Department

ABSTRACT It was observed that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) identified for the first time in China in December 2019 turned into a pandemic within a short time. This led to urgent measures implemented by nations and educational institutions. Thus, on March 16, 2020, Turkish universities adopted distance education in 2020-2021 spring semester. The present study aimed to investigate the satisfaction levels of undergraduate students with the Covid-19 distance education applications in the Environmental Design Project 3 Course instructed in the Landscape Architecture Department at Karadeniz Technical University. The aim of the study was to determine the advantages and disadvantages and the problems associated with online instruction. The study was conducted with 68 students attending the Environmental Design Project 3. The study data were collected with a 5-point Likert type "Distance Education Satisfaction Scale" developed by the authors. The study findings demonstrated that the mean factor score that reflected student satisfaction varied between 4.56 and 1.47. It was concluded that the students were generally not satisfied with distance education (mean score: 1.47) due to "system errors" and "incompatibility of the software with the design course content". Although the students were highly satisfied with "the interest of the lecturers", the high satisfaction in this field did not improve general satisfaction.