Effects of Online Learning Environments to the Academic Performance of Students

After the pandemic, there were many studies on the effectiveness of online education. Most of the studies are based on questionnaires completed by students, which measure their satisfaction with the changed learning environment. A smaller area focuses on how students' exam results and the knowledge they have acquired have changed because of COVID. In our research, we analyzed the answers to online exam questions, including an evaluation of the different types of questions used during the exam and which types of questions were mostly answered correctly. As a result, there is a significant variation between question types, which significantly determines the evaluation results. Secondly, we investigated how the students' knowledge within the subject of Measurement Technique in the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering has evolved according to the results of the examinations in the period 2019–2023 with the introduction of online education. Using the same question bank, we observed significant variations in the development of correct answers across different topics over the period.