The master's thesis discusses the characteristics of the adaptation of undergraduate and master's students to distance learning during the COVID-19 epidemic. The COVID-19 epidemic has changed the current dynamics of all levels of education, and the Faculty of Sport was no exception. The study process which took place inside lecture halls and sports halls took place inside home spaces and via computer screens during the COVID-19 epidemic. The main purpose of the thesis is the analysis of the adaptation of the students of the Faculty of Sport to study in a virtual format and the analysis of the experience of distance learning and possible difficulties. We focused on their educational, psychosocial, physical, and financial perspectives of adaptation and the effectiveness of adaptation to the transition to a new life period, self-perceived competencies for studies, and characteristics of coping with the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic. The online questionnaire was completely filled out by 165 undergraduate and master's students at the Faculty of Sport. The results showed (a) that students in the first year of the first level of the study had no more problems adapting to distance learning than students in higher years, (b) that the COVID-19 epidemic has a significant impact on the psychosocial and educational level of adaptation to studies, (c) that the students’ financial situation did not deteriorate during the COVID-19 epidemic or that they did not feel financial hardship (therefore, this did not affect their experience of distance learning), and (d) that the decline in quality of life during distance learning did not affect the perception of study competencies.
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