An Exploratory Study of the Obstacles for Achieving Quality in Distance Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 September 2020

Research by Zohra Lassoued, Mohammed Alhendawi and Raed Bashitialshaaer — Photo: Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

New research by CMES Raed Bashitialshaaer: "The results indicate that the professors and students faced self-imposed obstacles, as well as pedagogical, technical, and financial or organizational obstacles. Recommendations are presented to overcome and understand these obstacles to benefit in the future during unexpected or similar problems."

This study aims to reveal the obstacles to achieving quality in distance learning during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and was based on a large sample of professors and students of universities in the Arab world (Algerian, Egyptian, Palestinian, and Iraqi).

The primary aim of this research was to investigate the various ways in which students pursued their studies at home during the university suspension as a result of COVID-19.

In this paper, the researchers use an exploratory descriptive approach through a questionnaire with a conveniently selected sample of 400 professors and student’s returns out of 600 were distributed.

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