Fouda Shaimaa M, Madi Marwa, Ellakany Passent, Aly Nourhan M, Bahgat Hala A, Elembaby Abeer E, Virtanen Jorma I, AlHumaid Jehan
Department of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia.
BMC Oral Health. 2025 May 28;25(1):829. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-06152-6.
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an abrupt shift to e-learning in higher education institutions worldwide to ensure educational continuity during lockdowns. The aim of this study was to evaluate dental students' and educators' perceptions of e-learning during the COVID-19 lockdown and their attitudes toward implementing blended learning in post-pandemic dental education.
A cross-sectional survey regarding e-teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted at the College of Dentistry. Satisfaction and attitude towards technology-based learning (TBL) were assessed. Two binary logistic regression models were performed to assess the association of factors (age, gender, Grade Point Average, IT skills and experience in TBL) with educators and students' overall satisfaction and attitude towards TBL. The teaching staff attitude towards TBL was also assessed. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Significance was set at p value < 0.05.
The study included 431 students and 74 teaching staff (response rate = 92.1% and 75.6%). Most students and teaching staff rated their computer skills as intermediate (≈ 67%), and most students (77.5%) reported a fair experience in TBL. Most students were satisfied and showed a positive attitude towards the TBL experience. Male and older students showed significantly higher overall satisfaction and attitude than female and younger students. Nevertheless, most teaching staff easily adapted to the shift from traditional to TBL (74.3%), and preferred blended learning after the pandemic (73%). However, only a few of them prefer TBL in all teaching activities.
新冠疫情使得全球高等教育机构突然转向电子学习，以确保在封锁期间教育的连续性。本研究的目的是评估牙科学生和教育工作者在新冠疫情封锁期间对电子学习的看法，以及他们对在疫情后牙科教育中实施混合式学习的态度。
在牙科学院进行了一项关于新冠疫情期间电子教学的横断面调查。评估了对基于技术的学习（TBL）的满意度和态度。进行了两个二元逻辑回归模型，以评估因素（年龄、性别、平均绩点、信息技术技能和TBL经验）与教育工作者和学生对TBL的总体满意度和态度之间的关联。还评估了教学人员对TBL的态度。计算了调整后的优势比（AOR）和95%置信区间（CI）。显著性设定为p值<0.05。
该研究包括431名学生和74名教学人员（回复率分别为92.1%和75.6%）。大多数学生和教学人员将他们的计算机技能评为中等水平（约67%），大多数学生（77.5%）表示在TBL方面有一定经验。大多数学生对TBL体验感到满意并表现出积极态度。男生和年龄较大的学生的总体满意度和态度显著高于女生和年龄较小的学生。然而，大多数教学人员很容易适应从传统教学向TBL的转变（74.3%），并且在疫情后更喜欢混合式学习（73%）。然而，他们中只有少数人在所有教学活动中都更喜欢TBL。
