This study aims to examine the views of social work academicians about the distance education process during the pandemic. The study group consists of a total of 42 academicians who work as a lecturer at the department of social work in various universities in Turkey. As the data collection tool, “Questionnaire Form” was used in the study. According to the research results, most of the academicians did not attend any training, course, or seminar on distance / online teaching methods before the pandemic. The difficulties faced by the social work academicians who provide distance education during the pandemic are the difficulties arising from the lack of infrastructure, the difficulties caused by the lack of experience and knowledge on distance education, and the lack of sufficient time to adapt to distance education. Moreover, the difficulties experienced by the academicians while conducting the theoretical courses are the difficulties in interacting with many students and those in the processes of assessment and evaluation. In addition, the difficulties they encounter while conducting the applied courses are the ones related to the uncertainty in the conduct of the applied courses, the ones in transforming the application phase of these courses into a theoretical course, the ones in the assessment-evaluation processes, and those in the supervision process. On the other hand, increasing the accessibility to education and ensuring education sustainability, increasing the access to courses and course materials and making it easier, enabling active communication and interaction, and systematizing the course contents and making them flexible were determined as the strengths of the distance education provided during the pandemic. However, most of the academicians participating in the study have pointed out that social work education is not sustainable through distance education methods, and that distance education is a teaching method that can be used as a supportive teaching or under extraordinary situations.