Evaluation of the virtual learning environment by school students and their parents in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic after school closure

Very few previous studies have involved school students or their parents in the evaluation of virtual learning environment (VLE). Thus, this survey was performed to evaluate the satisfaction of both school students and their parents with the VLE in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pan...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-11, Vol.17 (11), p.e0275397-e0275397
Main Authors: Hegazi, Moustafa Abdelaal, Butt, Nadeem Shafique, Sayed, Mohamed Hesham, Zubairi, Nadeem Alam, Alahmadi, Turki Saad, El-Baz, Mohamed Saad, Atwah, Ali Fahd, Altuwiriqi, Mohammad Ahmed, Saeedi, Fajr Adel, Abdulhaq, Nada Mansour, Almurashi, Saleh Huwidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
CAI
Children
Classrooms
Computer assisted instruction
COVID-19
Curricula
Distance learning
Domains
Education
Epidemics
Evaluation
Health aspects
Laws, regulations and rules
Learning
Learning management systems
Literature reviews
Online education
Online instruction
Pandemics
Parents
Population studies
Population-based studies
Questionnaires
Safety
School closings
School closures
School environment
Social aspects
Students
Surveys
Virtual environments
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Summary:Very few previous studies have involved school students or their parents in the evaluation of virtual learning environment (VLE). Thus, this survey was performed to evaluate the satisfaction of both school students and their parents with the VLE in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was distributed online for VLE evaluation. The questionnaire was based on previous studies and expert opinions from validated instruments for assessing distance education, integrative and literature reviews of VLE environment. A median value >3 indicated participant satisfaction in each of the 5 domains of the questionnaire as well as overall VLE satisfaction. The used questionnaire was checked after its implementation by all possible statistical means and it was found to be of acceptable validity and reliability. Six hundred and ninety-three participants including 571 Saudi citizens and 122 non-Saudi residents participated in this survey. The number of school students who agreed or strongly agreed were significantly lower than the number of students who disagreed or strongly disagreed with preferring the VLE over traditional education (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0275397