Jordanian Islamic Banks Growth Credit Services in Corona Pandemic and Fitch Standard

This paper aims to find Jordanian Islamic banks credit services increasing in corona crises based to Fitch standard by got strength assets quality. It used descriptive methodology based to Jordanian Islamic Banks annual reports during corona pandemic. It found that Jordanian Islamic Banks apply increasing of credit services as assets with suitable grantee to get back without loss. It has different credit services types than traditional banks to cause managing risk by diversification, on other hand some Jordanian banks reduced credit doubtful with increased of guarantee value in corona crises while other banks reducer credit doubtful and credit loss with increased of guarantee value in corona as Jordan Islamic bank. Therefore, it got high quality of assets, and met Fitch index. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Undergraduates’ perspectives and challenges of online learning during the covid-19 pandemic: A case from the University of Jordan

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many countries and has had a serious impact on education around the globe. Jordan has followed strict nationwide procedures to stop the spread of the virus, one of which has been school closures and a shift to online learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ perspectives of online learning at the University of Jordan and determine the challenges they experienced as a result of shifting from face-to-face learning to a fully online learning environment. The study took a quantitative approach, using a web-based questionnaire to collect data from 398 undergraduate students enrolled at the School of Educational Science at the University of Jordan. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results revealed that students preferred an online learning environment to face-to-face learning and perceived the former as being very useful. However, students encountered some challenges, such as mental health issues (anxiety and stress), unreliable internet connections, slow e-learning platforms and services, a lack of information and communication technology skills, poor time management skills, and distractions. These findings highlight the importance of providing students with counseling services for mental health, technical support, and training in time management skills to improve their online learning experiences. © 2021, Association for Social Studies Educa. All rights reserved.

Social presence and self-efficacy in relation to student satisfaction in online learning setting: A predictive study

This study investigated the levels of social presence, online learning self-efficacy, and student satisfaction among undergraduate students taking online courses from the School of Educational Sciences at the University of Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was hypothesized that the relationships between these variables and the degrees of social presence and online learning self-efficacy could predict student satisfaction in these online learning settings. To this end, we used a stepwise multiple regression model for student satisfaction involving social presence and online learning self-efficacy. Data were collected from a sample of 435 participants, all of whom were undergraduate students enrolled in the summer semester at the University of Jordan in 2020 Academic Year. The results demonstrated that the undergraduate students had high levels of online learning self-efficacy and moderate levels of social presence and student satisfaction. The study also revealed a significant positive relationship between social presence, online learning self-efficacy, and student satisfaction. The findings revealed that social presence and online learning self-efficacy impact and significantly predict student satisfaction in higher education institutions in Jordan in online learning settings. Based on these results, the authors recommend that instructors at these institutions foster social presence to enhance student satisfaction. © 2020, Conscientia Beam. All rights reserved.