Distance Learning from Higher Education Teachers’ Perspective: Insights from Poland and Ukraine

Drawing from the higher education teachers experience from Poland and Ukraine, this qualitative study addresses key issues of distance learning and its future prospects. While it confirms other research in terms of the perceived flexibility of distance learning and issues related to the lack of suitability of some modules to be conducted in distance mode, as well as problems with keeping student engagement, it sheds a new perspective in relation to future possible perceptions of traditional education as more prestigious when conducted by renowned universities. Polish and Ukrainian respondents in general revealed similar concerns, e.g. in relation to blurring of personal and professional boundaries. However, Ukrainian respondents face some unique challenges related to the ongoing war, including mandatory implementation of distance education and more prominent difficulties in keeping students engaged.