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Abstract
This study evaluates emergency remote teaching for postgraduate programs. A descriptive-analytic method was used, including quantitative and qualitative tools. A questionnaire (N = 144) was administered based on the context, input, process, and product (CIPP) model for evaluation, and semi-structured interviews (N = 6 participants) were conducted to provide a comprehensive depiction incorporating participants’ views from three Saudi universities. The results revealed participants had a positive bias regarding their experience; the results were similar to those of a number of studies but revealed increased consistency of distance learning characteristics, specifically, data, exceptions, and objectives of higher stages. This study also revealed several transitive and positive effects along with challenges that seem to confront not only emergency distance teaching but the whole experience of distance learning.
期刊介绍:
The mission of the International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD) is to provide a platform for the latest research, analysis, and development of online education, effective online teaching methods, and course design. IJOPCD covers the pedagogical design aspects of science education and computing education, as well as courses supported by educational technologies. Targeting academic researchers and educators who work in the field, this journal focuses on the importance of developments in online course design and teaching methods to improve teachers’ teaching and students’ learning. Researchers are encouraged to submit cross-disciplinary, high-quality syntheses that are interesting, beneficial, and apprehensible to all those interested in or teaching science and related disciplines. Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: -Adoption of e-learning -Best practices in computing education -Best practices in science education -Blended learning -Computer-mediated communication -E-learning -Emerging technologies -Evaluation of learning technology systems -Evaluation of online learning effects -Learning management systems -Multimedia and interactive learning systems -Online course design -Online learners’ behavior -Pedagogy and teaching with technology -Virtual reality environments -Web-based teaching methods