AlKarani Ahmed S, Al Thobaity Abdulellah
Nursing Department, Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2020 Nov 18;13:1629-1634. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S287389. eCollection 2020.
The coronavirus COVID-19 has had very serious impacts on many aspects of people's lives worldwide, including the negative effect on the educational system that disturbed the normal functions of medical faculties. Understanding the experiences of medical faculty members will help to better prepare for making improvements in similar future crises. Moreover, to our extended knowledge, there is no study on e-learning in the field of medical university education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore how online learning was applied at Taif University after the total transformation from traditional education to Blackboard during the COVID-19 crisis and how it can be improved.
The study used a descriptive qualitative study design. Staff from four medical colleges at Taif University, Saudi Arabia were invited to participate in a semi-structured interview. Eight Saudi lecturers participated, and data were analysed using thematic analysis.
This study revealed four themes: Blackboard is professionally well designed; obstacles to the use of Blackboard; the need for Blackboard training; and student behavior through Blackboard.
The use of the Blackboard has its advantages and disadvantages, and the education sector needs to do more research to find out that issues and work to improve it.
新型冠状病毒COVID-19对全球人们生活的许多方面都产生了非常严重的影响，包括对教育系统的负面影响，扰乱了医学院系的正常功能。了解医学院教职员工的经历将有助于更好地为未来类似危机的改进做好准备。此外，据我们所知，沙特阿拉伯王国在医科大学教育领域尚未有关于电子学习的研究。这项定性研究的目的是探讨在COVID-19危机期间从传统教育全面转变为使用Blackboard后，在线学习在泰夫大学是如何应用的，以及如何改进。
本研究采用描述性定性研究设计。邀请了沙特阿拉伯泰夫大学四所医学院的教职员工参加半结构化访谈。八名沙特讲师参与其中，数据采用主题分析法进行分析。
本研究揭示了四个主题：Blackboard设计专业；使用Blackboard的障碍；对Blackboard培训的需求；以及学生通过Blackboard的行为。
Blackboard的使用有其优点和缺点，教育部门需要做更多研究以找出问题并努力改进。
