Maatuk Abdelsalam M, Elberkawi Ebitisam K, Aljawarneh Shadi, Rashaideh Hasan, Alharbi Hadeel
Faculty of Information Technology, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya.
Faculty of Computer and Information Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
J Comput High Educ. 2022;34(1):21-38. doi: 10.1007/s12528-021-09274-2. Epub 2021 May 3.
The spread of COVID-19 poses a threat to humanity, as this pandemic has forced many global activities to close, including educational activities. To reduce the spread of the virus, education institutions have been forced to switch to e-learning using available educational platforms, despite the challenges facing this sudden transformation. In order to further explore the potentials challenges facing learning activities, the focus of this study is on e-learning from students' and instructor's perspectives on using and implementing e-learning systems in a public university during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study targets the society that includes students and teaching staff in the Information Technology (IT) faculty at the University of Benghazi. The descriptive-analytical approach was applied and the results were analyzed by statistical methods. Two types of questionnaires were designed and distributed, i.e., the student questionnaire and the instructor questionnaire. Four dimensions have been highlighted to reach the expected results, i.e., the extent of using e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, advantages, disadvantages and obstacles of implementing E-learning in the IT faculty. By analyzing the results, we achieved encouraging results that throw light on some of the issues, challenges and advantages of using e-learning systems instead of traditional education in higher education in general and during emergency periods.
新冠病毒的传播对人类构成了威胁，因为这场大流行迫使许多全球活动关闭，包括教育活动。为了减少病毒的传播，教育机构被迫转向使用现有的教育平台进行电子学习，尽管这种突然转变面临诸多挑战。为了进一步探究学习活动面临的潜在挑战，本研究的重点是从学生和教师的角度，探讨在新冠疫情期间一所公立大学使用和实施电子学习系统的情况。该研究的对象是包括班加西大学信息技术学院的学生和教职员工在内的群体。采用了描述性分析方法，并通过统计方法对结果进行了分析。设计并发放了两种类型的问卷，即学生问卷和教师问卷。为了得出预期结果，突出了四个维度，即在新冠疫情期间使用电子学习的程度、在信息技术学院实施电子学习的优点、缺点和障碍。通过对结果的分析，我们取得了令人鼓舞的结果，这些结果揭示了在高等教育中，特别是在紧急时期，使用电子学习系统而非传统教育的一些问题、挑战和优点。
