Abstract
Educational systems worldwide have been forced into shifting to online learning during COVID-19 pandemic. This decision faced diverse challenges, especially in underdeveloped countries that still use traditional teaching methods, with minimal or no integrated technology, and no guidance in the literature. This study explores factors, challenges, and adaptation initiatives that might underlie the success and failure of abrupt shifting and accepting online learning systems. To explore the acceptance of online learning under these extreme circumstances, the reactions of Kuwait educational institutions to COVID-19 were collected and analyzed. A framework was utilized, and a questionnaire developed to enable quantitative analysis of these data. In total, 4,024 responses were gathered from instructors and students with acceptable reliability. Findings from the statistical analysis unveiled specific acceptance facts relevant to the crisis within its environment. This study establishes the utility of this framework for researchers to synthesize users’ acceptance of online learning systems.
Highlights
The emerging COVID-19 results from a new family of coronavirus that had not previously been identified in humans and was first detected in Wuhan, China
Factors were divided into four dimensions: perception of online learning, online collaborative learning, instructors’ and students’ readiness, and barriers of online learning adoption in response to COVID-19
It focuses on the factors that affect the acceptance of online learning in response to COVID-19
Summary
The emerging COVID-19 results from a new family of coronavirus that had not previously been identified in humans and was first detected in Wuhan, China. A new coronavirus was initially detected in bats and named bat-SARS-Cov-2, identified in 84% of Chinese horseshoe bats (Wang, Horby, Hayden, & Gao, 2020). Worldwide health measures have been enforced, such as wearing masks, social distancing, continuous sanitation, and many countries have resolved to partial/total quarantine
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