Abstract
The study examines the effect of e-learning on the students’ academic performance at Al-Quds Open University. 382 students have been randomly selected from the university's official records where a statistical analysis of the study variables was performed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences program (SPSS.20). The study hypotheses were tested by Paired Samples T-tests.The study has revealed that there are statistically significant differences in the students’ academic performance over the implementation of the e-learning strategy with regard to the level of the vast majority of students, gender, educational program, as well as their academic level.The study recommends the necessity of enhancing the e-learning strategy in the higher education institutions to foster the students’ academic performance taking into account the specificity of some learning programs such as the Arabic language programs and the social studies.
Highlights
Communications and information technology has changed our life in one way or another
A random sample of 382 students is chosen from the university students official records excluding First-year, withdrawal and preparatory year students besides the students who changes their programs during the study period
The study shows that the implementation of the E-learning strategy has a positive impact and statistically significant differences on the students’ GPA
Summary
Communications and information technology has changed our life in one way or another. With the development of information and communications technology, the term E-learning, which is the acquisition, use, distribution, and facilitation of knowledge in the first place by electronic means, has emerged This type of learning depends on the Internet and computers. The adoption of E-learning in education, especially in the higher education institutions, has many benefits when it comes to its flexibility with time and space for the learners and institutions at the time of conducting meetings. This gives a greater chance to access enormous amount of information with less time and effort. E-learning is a cost-effective method as the students do not need to travel and move every day, at the same time, the higher education institutions are less required to offer huge buildings and a large number of faculty members to keep on the progress of the educational process. (Arkorful and Abaidoo, 2014)
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