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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ONLINE EDUCATION AND TRADITIONAL OFF-LINE EDUCATION PHYSIOLOGY OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS

Summer semester lecturing at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Croatia, in the academic year 2019/2020 was held online due to COVID- 19. The teaching staff of Physiology of domestic animals II adapted to the new conditions by preparing online materials for teaching and assessment. The study aimed to conduct a comparative analysis of points achieved from lecture, seminars and practical class attending, seminars and practical class activity, two tests and oral final exam between online live teaching (the academic year 2019/2020) and traditional off-line teaching (the academic year 2018/2019) in students in Croatian program and international students studying in English. The study was performed on 125 (academic year 2018/2019) and 121 (academic year 2019/2020) students in the Croatian program and 11 (academic year 2018/2019), and 23 (the academic year 2019/2020) English program students. The number of points of tests and points of active participation in seminars and practicals and the total number of points was higher during online teaching than classroom teaching (p<0.05) in students in the Croatian program. At the same time, the take and retake of the exam and the finishing grade did not differ (p>0.05). English program students had a higher number of points only in active participation in seminars and practicals (p<0.05) during online teaching. Comparing results of students studying in different programs in the academic year 2018/2019, English program students achieved a higher number of points of active participation in seminars and practicals (p<0.05). In the academic year 2019/2020, students in Croatian program gained more points of tests and total number of points compared to English program students (p<0.05). Regardless academic year and studying program, exam grades did not differ significantly (p>0.05). Based on the grades of the exam, we can conclude the theoretical knowledge was approximately at the same level, and since it is a matter of acquiring skills in practical classes, online materials cannot replace work in the practical room.

Online teaching ; off-line teaching ; points obtained in seminars and practicals ; grade on the exam

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