Research Article
| Challenges and Benefits of Using eLearning during Covid-19 A Case Study of Lecturers of Zawia University, Libya |
| Aisha Saed Alatrash1 |
Zawia University – Faculty of Education-Agelat
Email: a.alatrash@zu.edu.ly
HNSJ, 2021, 2(9); https://doi.org/10.53796/hnsj2933
Published at 01/09/2021 Accepted at 26/08/2021
| Abstract |
| In developing countries like Libya, the implementation of eLearning into the education system in the universities would face many challenges related to infrastructure, finance, ability, proficiency, and lecturers and students skills. Yet, it would be a good chance to improve teachers and students expertise in terms of using new technologies-based systems. Besides, it would raise the quality of the teaching system in the universities in addition to solve the issue of study interruption resulted from interior wars, coronavirus, etc. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the experience of using eLearning at one of the Libyan universities, Zawia University. Consequently, identifying lecturers’ attitudes towards eLearning, discovering the potential challenges obstacle applying it, and realising the chance of including it as a part of the higher education system. The methodology used in this study was an online questionnaire, which targeted the teaching staff of Zawia University. 80 responses were received and the collected data analysed by using SPSS. The study concluded that although there is technical abilities existence for using eLearning, there are some difficulties decrease the quality and provision of it. In the end, some recommendations were suggested in order to enhance the implementation of eLearning as a part of the teaching system in Libyan universities, along with some suggested future studies. |
| Key Words: eLearning, Zawia University, lecturers, teaching staff, challenges, benefits. |
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