COVID-19 the Gateway for Future learning: The Impact of Online Teaching on the Future Learning Environment (preprint)

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 has changed the shape of education. These changes may be undone once universities return, and not all of them are reforms. Yet, some of these changes offer unique opportunities matching pre-COVID-19 proposals.This study’s purposes are to study staff members' perceptions of online teaching during COVID-19 and identify the drivers of change in the future learning environment. The study community represents faculty staff in Saudi universities. The sample consisted of 127 faculty staff in 9 Saudi universities. Participants had positive perceptions of the usage of e-learning platforms during COVID-19, according to data analysis (though negative experiences existed). Future research must focus on the subtle challenges of aligning theoretical and methodological designs to appropriately analyze the phenomenon under inquiry while contributing to a well-executed body of research in the field of educational technology. Future research is needed to see how lecturers view ICT trading post-COVID-19 strategies.Originality/valueThis research is unique in that it entails cloud computing applications in future education, as well as remote/distance learning, which have not before been investigated in the literature.