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Which qualities should built environment possess to ensure satisfaction of higher-education students with remote education during pandemics?

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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23236
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108567
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2021-11-12
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Tleuken, Aidana; Turkyilmaz, Ali; Unger, Kristina; Tokazhanov, Galym; El-Thalji, Idriss; Mostafa, Mohamad Y.; Guney, Mert; Karaca, Ferhat
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The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly switched most education processes from face-to-face to remote mode, obliging millions of students to utilize their residences as study spaces. However, the characteristics of their residential built environments differ in terms of regional, social, cultural, and technological aspects. These differences should impact the students' performance and satisfaction which needs to be measured and studied. The present study aims to identify the effect of the residential built environment on students' satisfaction and academic performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was conducted in two countries, Kazakhstan (KZ) and Norway (NO), using a comprehensive online survey to gather data. An empirical assessment based on the structural equation model was employed to identify links between health, safety, and comfort of students' facilities and academic performance and satisfaction. We conclude that the built environment affects both satisfaction for remote education and their learning performance. Significant differences in readiness for remote education have been observed between urban and non-urban living areas: (1) The role of health-and-safety convenience seems to increase with the urbanization level of the respondents’ living spaces; (2) in contrast, for non-urban residents, the provision of comfort facilities is dominant. In the meantime, an analysis “by regions” revealed that health-and-safety-related facilities in residences are more critical for remote education in Central Asia (KZ). In contrast, the comfort features of residences being more important for the students studying remotely in Northern Europe (NO). These results provide an understanding that would assist in improving remote education and preparing pandemic-ready living areas.
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Elsevier
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Tleuken, Turkyilmaz, Unger, Tokazhanov, El-Thalji, Mostafa, Guney, Karaca. Which qualities should built environment possess to ensure satisfaction of higher-education students with remote education during pandemics?. Building and Environment. 2021
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