Learning challenges during pandemic stuation: Lithuanian university case

ENLearning issues in the context of the pandemic situation will be discussed in the paper. Research problem – learners lack relevant information, knowledge and skills about creativity for adequate problem solving. Distant learning requires to create environment suitable for students' needs in the case of a critical situation (for example, Covid 19 pandemic). It motivates students to change their attitudes and behaviours while combining different actions based on their self-awareness and creativity. Therefore, students need to develop their creativity skills to facilitating problem solving. Moreover, it is significant to raise students understanding about themselves to make adequate decisions for efficient learning during the lockdown because of Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of the research is to find out and discuss students' learning difficulties and experiences during a pandemic, and to find out how creativity can contribute to problem-solving. For this reason, it is essential that learners concentrate on how to develop their creativity for better learning in uncertainty conditions. Used research methods were scientific literature analysis, quantitative (questionnaire) study and descriptive analysis. The findings of the study demonstrate that learners have major distant learning difficulties and various social psychological problems during the pandemic situation in Lithuania. Moreover, the results show that learners lack understanding about the importance of knowledge and opportunities for creative problem solving during distant learning processes in the pandemic situation. Keywords: university education, pandemic situation, learning, challenges, creativity, problem-solving. [From the publication]