The Effectiveness and Difficulties of E-Learning Under Crises from the Viewpoint of the Academic Staff and Students: An Analytical Study

Abstract

At present, E-learning has become a common learning method used in many local and international universities due to the Covid-19 pandemic. So Many academic staff have been allowed to go to E-learning as an effective way to continue the educational process in times of crisis. This paper investigates the effectiveness and difficulties the use of E-learning in from the perspective of students and academic staff at the “Babylon Technical Institute, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University”, Iraq. In this study, Google Forms was used in designing questionnaires due to the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and quarantine, the questionnaire included questions about the effectiveness of education and the most important difficulties in using E-learning. The results revealed the effectiveness of E-learning in that it enhances the thinking of students and the academic staff and develops their cognitive skills in the use of educational technology, provides them with opportunities to integrate with modern technology, and enhance the trend towards the electronic university. The results also reveal that the most important obstacles in the continuation of E-learning are the lack of financial support and training, poor Internet service, and lack of training on E-learning platforms, Also, many students admitted that applied education is not very effectiveness in E-learning.