Devices and Platforms Used in Emergency Remote Learning and Teaching During Covid19: A Case of English Major Students in Saudi Arabia

Shammari, Mishal H. Al

doi:10.24093/awej/covid.6

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“…The study findings showed that Zoom came first in students' preferences with 57.6%, and came Blackboard with 40.6%, and last were the other platforms. The results came in line with Al Shammari's (2021) finding and contrary to Ibrahim et al (2021). As for gender differences in the first question of platform preferences, the results indicated that female students preferred Zoom (66%), followed by Blackboard (32%).…”

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“…On the other hand, male students came with the same Zoom and Blackboard preferences with 49.3% each. These findings came were the opposite of the result of Al Shammari (2021), in which he found that women students chose Blackboard first with 58.7% against Zoom (40%), whereas men students were for Zoom (67.6%) against Blackboard (29.7%). The results here indicate a real need for one platform that has features of both LMSs and VCPs.…”

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Digital Platforms in the Emergency Remote Education: the Students’ Preferences

Shammari¹

2021

AWEJ

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One positive side of the Covid-19 pandemic is the unprecedented opportunity it has offered to the Higher Education Institutions to experience digital learning like never before. During the pandemic, Distant Learning platforms, including Learning Management Systems and Video Conferencing Platforms, have been ubiquitous, and no single institution survived without them during the pandemic. Hence, one of the critical lessons that should be learned is the students’ experiences with these platforms. This study aims to investigate the digital platform preferences of English major students in the College of Language and Translation at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia during the Emergency Remote Education due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Its significance lies in the fact that it underscores and addresses students’ needs and preferences with regard to the digital platforms to be used for language learning, a pragmatic examination of which has been carried out in the following pages. It focuses on reasons for the preferences of the two leading digital platforms used in King Saud University: Blackboard and Zoom. A Survey with open-ended and closed-ended questions was designed to answer the questions of the study: which digital platforms do students prefer to use during Emergency Remote Education, and what were the reasons behind students’ preferences? A total of 300 students from both male and female campuses at different levels of study participated in the study. The results showed that students preferred the Zoom to Blackboard. Reasons of preferences were mainly the ease of use, followed by supporting smartphones, then having an app for smartphones. The thematic analysis of the open-ended question showed that technical problems and connection latency were the main reasons behind students’ preferences of the Zoom. The findings also indicated gender differences in reasons of preferences.

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Digital Platforms in the Emergency Remote Education: the Students’ Preferences

Shammari¹

2021

AWEJ

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“…Gender differences exist in the preferences of using online platforms [ 19 ]. In another study in the USA, it was found that in the delivery of course content, age and gender had no significant effect [ 20 ].…”

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Webinar among Indonesian academics during Covid-19, embracing the audiences

Priatmoko

Hossain

Rahmawati³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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This research aims to find out the phenomenon of webinar competition from the viewpoint of the audience. Covid-19 pandemic makes webinars a means for knowledge dissemination. Many events offered turned out to be a tight competition among organizers and caused a different response for the audience. Academics participants’ responses had never been known in depth so that they could be the basis for determining the strategy for the organizers. Using quantitative data through online surveys to further interpreted with the help of previous literature. The independent variables gender, age, frequency, cost, and place are used to determine their effect on loyalty, which is represented by the length of duration in participating in each webinar. The effectiveness of webinars as a means of disseminating ideas in the pandemic era still faces various challenges. Among academics, the loyalty at the webinar event is influenced by gender and age. It is important for organizers to effectively communicate to webinar participants so that they get the message they want to convey.

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“…In order to guarantee continuity of quality education during COVID-19 pandemic online delivery of courses has been initiated immediately at all academic levels of higher education institutions. All public universities in Saudi Arabia have adopted Blackboard as their major learning management system (Al Shammari, 2021).…”

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Investigating Qassim University Efl Intensive Course Program Instructors’ Perspectives Towards Utilizing Blackboard Collaborate as an Emergency Remote Teaching Tool During the 2020–2021 Covid-19 Pandemic

Elsayed¹

2022

Proceedings of INTCESS 2022- 9th International Conference on Education &Amp; Education of Social Sciences

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Purpose: The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic caused a sudden shift to online teaching and learning which resulted in confusion for higher education institutions not only in Saudi Arabia, but worldwide as well. Due to the broad availability of technology infrastructure in Saudi higher education institutions, Blackboard Collaborate is widely used in most Saudi universities. As positive perspectives were found to play an important impact in the adoption of new technology in earlier research, this paper aims to investigate Qassim University EFL Intensive Course Program (ICP) instructors' perspectives towards utilizing the Blackboard Collaborate as an emergency remote teaching tool during COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approach: To collect data from the participants, the study employed a qualitative research method, namely, semi-structured interviews with 15 ICP EFL instructors. The interviews were face to face and included predetermined questions that focused on the pros and cons of utilizing Blackboard Collaborate as a remote teaching tool during Covid-19 pandemic. Findings:The study revealed the pros and cons of using the Blackboard Collaborate as a remote teaching tool during COVID-19 pandemic as perceived by ICP EFL instructors. While the pros included novel teaching methods in Blackboard Collaborate, offering interactive lessons via using Blackboard Collaborate, and a great deal of motivation resulted from using Blackboard Collaborate, the cons comprised ICP EFL instructors' lack of competency in using Blackboard Collaborate, students' lack of competency in using Blackboard Collaborate, and technical problems.Originality/value: Most literature published on using Blackboard Collaborate in the Saudi higher education context focused on using it in teaching EFL advanced learners with prior experience with Blackboard Collaborate. To my knowledge, this is the first paper to investigate the participants' perspectives towards using the Blackboard Collaborate in teaching secondary school leavers without prior experience with Blackboard Collaborate like ICP EFL students.

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Devices and Platforms Used in Emergency Remote Learning and Teaching During Covid19: A Case of English Major Students in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 23 publications

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Digital Platforms in the Emergency Remote Education: the Students’ Preferences

Digital Platforms in the Emergency Remote Education: the Students’ Preferences

Webinar among Indonesian academics during Covid-19, embracing the audiences

Investigating Qassim University Efl Intensive Course Program Instructors’ Perspectives Towards Utilizing Blackboard Collaborate as an Emergency Remote Teaching Tool During the 2020–2021 Covid-19 Pandemic

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