o:29743 University classes during the state of emergency in Serbia introduced after the outbreak of the COVID–19 pandemic crisis students’ attitudes en Abstract: The state of emergency was declared in Serbia in the spring of 2020 due to the pandemic of the new disease, COVID–19. As a result, distance learning was introduced for the first time at Serbian universities – online learning in utterly specific crisis circumstances caused by the outbreak of the pandemic of a completely unknown infectious disease. This model of learning was adjusted to that fact in the form of emergency remote teaching. The paper presents the results of examining the attitudes of female students of teacher education faculties in Serbia regarding the efficiency and sustainability of the distance learning model in which they gained experience. The sample included 399 female students, who completed an online survey designed for the purposes of this research. The results of the survey showed the strengths and weaknesses of distance learning as a formerly untapped potential in higher education in Serbia, which specifically refers to the teaching model applied during the state of emergency introduced due to the crisis caused by the COVID–19 pandemic. Also, the differences in the knowledge of digital technologies by the professors came to the fore in terms of the methods that the professors used in their work. The results suggest that distance learning can be a useful tool in the process of knowledge transfer in higher education, but that final year students are most affected by the inability to acquire knowledge in practice that cannot be virtually compensated, which is a very important step in their work training, as well as the pronounced general problem of lack of social interaction and meeting social needs, arising as a result of the pandemic. In contrast, increased leisure time and health reasons stand out as the main advantages of the new teaching model, which is significantly characterized by the crisis environment. Key words: COVID–19, distance learning, emergency remote teaching, educational technology, university students, satisfaction with teaching. 1552099 10.2298/ZIPI2202241S 1552101 0579-6431 91552100 85226761 2023-05-23T14:42:04.574Z 44 yes 46 Урош Шуваковић Универзитет у Београду Учитељски факултет 0000-0002-2141-8698 Ивко Николић Универзитет у Београду Учитељски факултет person 0000-0002-1899-4424 Јелена Петровић Универзитет одбране у Београду Војна академија person 0000-0002-5344-5770 application/pdf 364348 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29743 no yes 1 70 92000001 11A42 Journal 54 2 241 278 Institute for Educational Research 2022 https://en.ipisr.org.rs/publishing-activity/jurnal