online learning; face-to-face learning; hybrid learning; pandemic of Covid-19; advantages and disadvantages; digital technologies

By 2020, only a small percentage of learners experienced online learning. During the Covid-19 period, all learners and teachers, at all levels experimented with online learning. In our research, we decided to focus on the area of hybrid learning, which has been somewhat neglected so far. We believe that good quality hybrid learning should take advantage of the benefi ts of both online and face-toface learning, so we decided to conduct research specifi cally on the advantages and disadvantages of online and face-to-face learning, from the perspective of a new generation of educators who have experienced online learning from the perspective of students but may also be thinking about it as future teachers. The research was carried out at the Faculty of Education of the University of Ostrava using a questionnaire survey. In this article we want to present the results of the research (e.g. the need for social contact, commuting problems during face-to-face learning, and the fl exibility of online learning), and possible innovations that online learning has brought to face-to-face learning and that can be used in the creation of hybrid learning (e.g. recording lectures, completing assignments online, working in shared storage, or connect to learning from home via online video call).