Abstract
The COVID-19 Pandemic has challenged the educational systems worldwide, and in an attempt to overcome such challenges, educational institutions were forced to adjust their educational content from the traditional methods of learning to online methods of delivery instead. This paper is the first paper to collect data from three different types of universities to examine the students’ attitudes towards online learning in Egypt amid COVID-19. A total of 450 undergraduate students were surveyed to predict online learning achievement. The study examined issues related to technical challenges, electronic communication, online learning motivation, students’ personal attributes and competencies, and their interactions with colleagues and instructors. The findings of the study provide useful insights regarding the students' attitudes towards currently adopted methods of online learning and suggest several implications that could aid educational institutions in the formulation of strategies that would enhance the overall online learning experience. This paper also serves as a foundation for further research and discussion.
Highlights
IntroductionAccording to Cucinotta, D., and Vanelli, M [1], the World Health Organization (WHO) announced COVID-19 as a global public health emergency of international concern on 30th January 2020 and a pandemic on 11th March 2020
According to Cucinotta, D., and Vanelli, M [1], the World Health Organization (WHO) announced COVID-19 as a global public health emergency of international concern on 30th January 2020 and a pandemic on 11th March 2020.This health crisis has had a serious impact on schools, teachers and educational establishments around the world [2,3]
In the light of this gap, the present study aims to explore the attitudes and challenges faced by students in the online learning environment amid COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
According to Cucinotta, D., and Vanelli, M [1], the World Health Organization (WHO) announced COVID-19 as a global public health emergency of international concern on 30th January 2020 and a pandemic on 11th March 2020. This health crisis has had a serious impact on schools, teachers and educational establishments around the world [2,3]. The sudden transition to online learning has become a measure of organizational resilience, where most academic institutions merely concentrated on moving the educational content to the digital world rather than focusing on the online teaching and delivery methods [8]. Since no one knows when this pandemic will end entirely, educational institutions around the world have chosen to use the digital tools currently available to build online learning materials for students from all academic fields [5]
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