Online Instruction, Distance Instruction, Upper Secondary, Higher Educa-tion, Didactic Principles.

Nejsem si jista u FORD: u sborníku je Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13357, ale zaměření konference je pedagogické. The paper presents results of research that deals with online distance instruc-tion from students’ point of view. The main objective of the research is to detect the principal features of the process and propose recommendations to improve the quality in the future. Data were collected via a questionnaire consisting of 18 items that required multiple-choice and open answers. The research sample included 228 respondents who attended upper secondary and higher education institutions in the Czech Republic. Each respondent pro-vided feedback on two courses taught within the second closure of schools (September 2020 – May 2021). First, they reflected on the course they appre-ciated; second, they described the course which was not designed and con-ducted in accord with didactic principles from their point of view. The col-lected data were structured using four criteria: (1) First contact and commu-nication, (2) Learning content acquisition, (3) Learning content delivery, (4) Student’s final feedback on online distance instruction, including teachers’ and learners’ effort devoted to teaching and learning, and the quality of learning outcomes. Based on the collected data, recommendations for further development in online distance instruction are proposed.