Open AccessHybrid model in accounting education: The experience of management simulation course
Author(s) -
Susana Bastos,
Helena Costa Oliveira,
Valeria Caggiano
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cypriot journal of educational sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.22
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1305-905X
pISSN - 1305-9076
DOI - 10.18844/cjes.v16i5.6345
Subject(s) - perception , mathematics education , distance education , accounting , psychology , management accounting , qualitative property , data collection , face (sociological concept) , pedagogy , medical education , sociology , computer science , business , social science , medicine , neuroscience , machine learning
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on education, he transformation of didactics and technological methods was necessary to promote students’ self-learning and motivation, alongside teachers’ tutoring, guiding students’ academic journey. This paper aims to investigate the effect of COVID-19 on digitalization accounting in higher education and explores the students’ perception of the adapted hybrid model. The study follows a qualitative approach and rely on the final-year students of the accounting and management degree of Accounting and Business of Porto Polytechnic School. Data were collected through a questionnaire from students who experienced both distance and face-to-face education and completed the course of Management Simulation. The study highlights the digitalization of accounting teaching and the pandemic’s effect on the future of digital accounting education. In sum, the hybrid model meets the needs of this practical course and can be a model to be applied in the future.
Keywords: Accountant; Digitalization Accounting Education; Digital Hybrid Pedagogy; Digital Education; Human Skills.