COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted teaching in a vriety of institutions. It has tested the readiness of academic institutions to deal with such abrupt crisis. Online learning has become the main method of instruction during the pandemic in Jordan. After 4 months of online education, two online surveys were distributed to investigate faculty’s and Students’ perception of the learning process that took place over that period of time with no face to face education. In this regard, the study aimed to identify both faculty’s and students’ perceptions of online learning, utilizing two surveys one distributed to 50 faculty members and another 280 students were selected randomly to explore the effectiveness, challenges, and advantages of online education in Jordan. The analysis showed that the common online platforms in Jordan were Zoom, Microsoft Teams offering online interactive classes, and WhatsApp in communication with students outside the class. The study found that both faculty and students agreed that online education is useful during the current pandemic. At the same time, its efficacy is less effective than face-to-face learning and teaching. Faculty and students indicated that online learning challenges lie in adapting to online education, especially for deaf and hard of hearing students, lack of interaction and motivation, technical and Internet issues, data privacy, and security. They also agreed on the advantages of online learning. The benefits were mainly self-learning, low costs, convenience, and flexibility. Even though online learning works as a temporary alternative due to COVID-19, it could not substitute face-to-face learning. The study recommends that blended learning would help in providing a rigorous learning environment.

This study aims to identify the use of social networking sites by Jordanian university students to spread health awareness about the dangers of drugs. This study followed the descriptive analytical approach, and a questionnaire was developed to match the study dimensions. The study population consisted of students from the University of Jordan, who were randomly selected (600 males and females). The study showed a significant effect of the University of Jordan students' use of social networking sites in spreading awareness about the danger of drugs. Also, there was a statistically significant difference at α = 0.05 for the Jordanian university students' use of social networking sites in spreading awareness about drug dangers. In addition, there were differences in the respondents' answers to the questionnaire due to the gender variable in favor of males. Furthermore, the results showed no differences according to the school year variable. In light of the current results, the study confirms the need to use social media to spread health awareness about the dangers of drugs, especially among students, because of the great damage to their health and society. Especially, university students are the educated group in society, and they have the role of educating others, not drug addiction

: تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى بيان واقع ممارسة أعضاء مجلس النواب السابع عشر لأدوارهم الرقابية والتشريعية من وجهة نظر أعضاء الهيئة التدريسية للعلوم السياسية في الجامعات الأردنية، وقامت الدراسة على فرضية مفادها: أن هناك علاقة ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى (0.05≥α) بين المتغيرات الشخصية لأفراد عينة الدراسة وواقع الممارسة لأعضاء المجلس النيابي السابع عشر، وتحقيقاً لهدف الدراسة استند الباحث إلى المنهج المسحي الوصفي التحليلي وتطوير استبانة، ثم التأكد من خصائصها السيكومترية من صدق وثبات، واشتملت الاستبانة على المجالين التشريعي والرقابي، فقد تضمن المجال التشريعي 16 فقرة رئيسية وتضمن المجال الرقابي  13فقرة. وقد وُزعت (78) استبانة على عينة الدراسة، واسترد الباحث منها (56) استبانة، واستُبعدت (22) استبانة لعدم صلاحيتها، وبذلك وضع للتحليل (56) استبانة، وخلصت الدراسة إلى عدد من النتائج من أهمها: أن واقع ممارسة المجلس النيابي السابع عشر لأدواره الرقابية والتشريعية من وجهة نظر عينة الدراسة جاء بدرجة تقييم متوسطة. الكلمات الدالة: الدور الرقابي، الدور التشريعي، المجلس النيابي السابع عشر، الممارسة، النظام الانتخابي، النظام البرلماني.

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