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Abstract
Saudi universities have put immense efforts in preparing and implementing home teaching as an alternative type of traditional teaching. The present study aims to focus on outcome of applying Emergency Remote Teaching during the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis at Saudi Higher Education. A quantitative research design was used to evaluate the students’ perspectives in terms of preparation, implementation, and assessment. A total of 97 students were recruited from Prince Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz University. A self-administered questionnaire, comprising of two parts was provided to the students. The questionnaire’s first part collected demographic details of the participants; whereas, second part was distributed into 34 items including preparation (7 items), implementation (8 items), and assessment (7 items), barriers to teaching practices during COVID-19 including 12 items. The results showed that majority of the participant students positively responded towards the application of emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 (3.86 ± 1.13). Considering the dimensions, preparation (3.98 ± 1.12), implementation (3.77 ± 1.17), and assessment (3.19 ± 1.30), majority of the students gave positive response on majority of the items Moreover, there was no significant difference in the perspectives about applying emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 between both the genders. The study concluded that most of the students favored emergency remote teaching as it facilitated self-learning.
Highlights
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, which rapidly spread across the globe
Reimers and Schlecher (2020) suggested that leaders of some countries must reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and social distancing must be endured for slowing the spread of infection
The present study aims to investigate the application of Emergency Remote Teaching during the COVID-19 crisis at Saudi Higher Education
Summary
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, which rapidly spread across the globe. Reimers and Schlecher (2020) suggested that leaders of some countries must reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and social distancing must be endured for slowing the spread of infection. Some countries have banned large gatherings, advised individuals not to meet with others outside the family, restricted travel inside and outside the cities, followed by a prolonged shut down universities and schools, due to the spread of the COVID-19 (World Bank, 20201). This left 1.6 billion children and young people out of school or university (World Bank, 2020a). The lower-income countries need to adopt other alternative ways for continuation of education outside the schools or universities during COVID-19 crisis
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