حوليات جامعة قالمة للعلوم الاجتماعية والإنسانية
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 589-615
2021-12-26

The Shift To Online Learning Amidst The Pandemic Students' Perspectives

Authors : Bouguerni Abdelmadjid . Serier Bouchenak Nora .

Abstract

On winter 2020, Coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a world pandemic, a decision would lead to a series of radical changes to our lifestyle. The most important was the suspension of formal education at universities and schools and the use of e-learning models instead as a means of learning. Prompted by these changes, this research paper aims to review the students’ perceptions of their e-learning experience in Blida 2 university during the pandemic. The study reports on students’ perceptions of e-learning, its benefits, drawbacks and challenges. To this end, the researcher conducted a survey with a group of students from of different faculties of Blida 2 university to unravel their e-learning experience. The findings of this study proved that the implementation of e-learning in this university faced several challenges which prevented it from delivering as expected. Based on these findings some recommendations are put forward.

Keywords

e-learning ; online learning ; coronavirus pandemic ; Algerian higher education