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The purpose of this study is to investigate and explore the degree of success of the implementation of online learning in conventional higher education institutions instead of face-to-face learning during the spread of the Covid-19 Pandemic during the 2019/2020 academic year, via exploring the undergraduate students' perceptions of the application of the online learning system at Ajman University in UAE, and Griffith University in Australia. In the study, the descriptive approach was used. A questionnaire consisting of 40 items was designed and distributed to 630 students from Ajman University and 675 students from Griffith University, who were randomly selected from different faculties of the two universities during the 2019/2020 academic year during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the study revealed that students' a moderate satisfaction with the University's readiness, training, and technical support for online learning and the university's teaching and learning process during the COVID-19 pandemic, with female students finding them more satisfaction than male students. Disciplines and computer skills also showed an impact on such satisfaction, with Pharmacy & Health Science College students at Ajman University and Architecture, Art, and Design discipline students at Griffith University, and those with excellent computer skills in both Universities. In addition, the results showed positive attitudes of students towards the use of online learning at the two universities during the COVID-19 pandemic © 2023,International Journal of Emerging Technologies in LearningAll Rights Reserved.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the reality of the experience of applying online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates during the 2019/2020 academic year by exploring the perceptions of undergraduate students at the Ajman University. The study was carried out using a descriptive method approach. The study population consisted of all students on the campus of Ajman University (n = 6620), where the sample of the study (n=1655) was taken used the random sampling method through a stratified sample technique. After verifying its validity and reliability, the researchers prepared a questionnaire, as a tool for the study, consisting of forty (40) items to achieve the objectives of the study. The results indicated that the readiness, training, and technical support for applying online learning of UAE universities during the Covid-19 pandemic, from the perspective students, came at a High level. Their perspective regarding the teaching and learning process through online learning came at a Moderate level, with regard to the challenges facing the online learning application, it came at a Moderate level, and their perspective regarding suggestions to improve the experience of online learning came at a high level. Students' responses differed based on the criteria of considering the two genders with preferred to female gender, college department with inclination toward the medical student in medicine college, the skills of the students using computer skills with considering the students who have skills in using computer. © 2022 NSP.
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The main purpose of this analysis was to explore the acceptance of online assessment on the part of students of Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) in Jordan during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers used a descriptive approach. A questionnaire with 22 items was distributed to a sample of 862 students from a total population of 3446 students of PSUT. SPSS was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that undergraduate students demonstrated a high degree of acceptance of the implementation of online assessment during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the findings also revealed that the degree of acceptance of online assessment varied according to the college variable (in favor of the School of Computing Sciences), and according to computer skills (in favor of students with Moderate computer skills). Finally, there was no statistical significance according to gender variable. The study recommends further studies into the implementation of an online assessments system in higher education institutions. © 2022 NSP Natural Sciences Publishing Cor.