Usage of E-platforms Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom in Education

Anton Vorina – Celje School of Economics, Higher Vocational College, Slovenia 

Nikolina Vrcelj – Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia

Vuk Bevanda – Faculty of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia 

Abstract: The crisis caused by COVID-19 has forced educational institu­tions to use electronics for educational purposes and thus to digitize the entire process of lectures as well as exams and other school activities. Dis­tance learning is, of course, welcome at a time when it is necessary to lim­it oneself socially as much as possible to help curb the spread of infections. But everything has both good and bad sides and e-learning is no exception. Rapid changes in this area required even faster adaptation by teachers, pro­fessors, or lecturers, as well as pupils and students. The latter, already born in the age of electronics and accustomed to drastic innovations in this field, probably had fewer problems with this. The purpose of the research is to identify the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning observed by users. The research will be limited to three of the most widespread e-meeting pro­grams. These are Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Assuming that these are the three most used programs, the satisfaction of the users of these programs is also an important issue in the research.

6th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2022 – Conference Proceedings, Hybrid (University of Maribor, Slovenia), October 27, 2022

ITEMA Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia

ITEMA conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Varaždin; Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Marketing, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland; Faculty of Agriculture, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”King Michael I of Romania”, Romania

ITEMA Conference 2022 Conference Proceedings: ISBN 978-86-80194-63-9, ISSN 2683-5991, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2022

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