University students' learning strategies depending on knowledge fields in online education

Within the framework of the European Space of Higher Education responding to educational needs is essential. To a great extent, the success of this response depends on the development of a competence model based on students' self-learning skills. Following the rise of online education caused by COVID-19, we aim to know and analyze a group of postgraduate university students' strategies in an online teaching and learning situation. More specifically, we explored differences stemming from their access degree. The participants were asked to respond to a standardized questionnaire about learning strategies. The answers of the questionnaire were reviewed using quantitative analyses. The results show differences between three groups, especially in their use of search strategies, selection and processing information. Arts and humanities students obtained better results than students who had completed degrees in the field of social science, law, engineering and architecture. Therefore, it is necessary to insist on the need to continue studying this complex area, not only from the perspective of students but also of teachers.