The results of the questionnaire for evaluating the e-learning experience in higher colleges of technology at the level of 16 branches in the country revealed that 91.5% of students confirmed their great satisfaction with the experiment, while the percentage of college students attending distance lectures reached 95%, where students registered more than 112 thousand entries on Intelligent system, while professors gave about 3000 tele-lectures "during the past Wednesday and Thursday".
In detail, the Higher Colleges of Technology implemented the experimental stage of smart learning outside the campus for all of its students at the level of its 16 branches, over two days, while the faculty members gave lectures to students remotely from within the colleges headquarters, and during the application a questionnaire was sent to students and faculty members To measure the success of the experiment and know any challenges they face, with the aim of developing a two-week distance learning system after students finish the spring vacation.
The colleges indicated to «Emirates Today» that the analysis of the questionnaire results showed that 71% of the faculty members participating in the questionnaire are highly satisfied with the experiment, compared to 65% of the students are very satisfied, and 26.5% are satisfied with varying proportions, while the percentage of neutral and rejection students The distance learning system has 8.5% of the students, and 73% of the professors confirmed that they were able to deliver their lectures remotely with the same level of competence with which they deliver the lectures directly to students inside the classroom.
The results of the questionnaire indicated that the students' preference for distance learning or learning inside the classroom is equal to 50% for both options. The students and professors also emphasized that distance learning was characterized by high interaction and high participation, while the professors said that they saw students with great confidence in themselves during the remote lectures.
The questionnaire showed that the vast majority of students received their lectures remotely while they were in their homes, especially female students, and that attendance in general was high due to colleges' assertion from the beginning of the experiment that remote attendance is a regular attendance, is registered electronically, and is subject to the regulations and laws in force in colleges during Regular daily working hours. The opinions of faculty members participating in the questionnaire also showed that attendance was very high in the morning period of lectures (from eight to 10 am), and this opinion of the teachers confirms what was electronically recorded of entry for students in this morning period on the first day, which reached 24 thousand entries into the smart learning system.
The results of the electronic statistics in the smart learning system that were recorded during the trial period over two days showed that 20,000 students studied remotely, and during the first day in the morning and evening periods, more than 80 thousand entries were entered for the lectures remotely. The faculty members also gave about 3000 lectures, including more than 2,100 on the first day compared to 850 on the second day.
The results of the questionnaire revealed a number of recommendations to enhance the experience and the optimal application of smart learning, including: Preference to provide lectures that need training within the classroom, as opposed to preferring to provide theoretical lectures, which require discussions and focus on problem-solving skills, via the distance learning system, in addition to the preference The effectiveness of relying on the global Blackboard platform provided by colleges to support smart learning compared to video technologies at the level of effectiveness and efficiency.
The director of the Higher Colleges of Technology complex, Dr. Abdullatif Al-Shamsi stressed, “The colleges have worked over two years with global institutions to achieve the digital transformation of the campus as a whole, enabled students of technological skills and deal with remote learning techniques, and invested in preparing faculty members and enabling them to obtain On the testimony of the digital teacher from Blackboard International, ”indicating that“ colleges previously applied distance learning partly in some lectures, and between college branches, and we moved from partial transformation to college, and distance learning included all students. ”
Abdul Latif Al Shamsi:
"The colleges worked over two years with international institutions to achieve the digital transformation of the campus."
Digital campus
The director of the Higher Colleges of Technology complex, Dr. Abdullatif Al Shamsi, affirmed that the Higher Colleges of Technology are proud to achieve their vision of establishing the digital campus, which “came as a result of an integrated investment over two years, carrying a future view that depends on providing education as a service from anywhere and anytime (smart learning from outside Campus)".
He added that «the results are evidence of the success of the experiment, and this type of learning is not limited to what some think is just an Internet and a computer, but it is an integrated education system that provides the student and the teacher the educational experience with all its components, and depends on the readiness of digital infrastructure with high efficiency, and high-level training For students and faculty, and invest in existing technology to provide interactive and enjoyable content for students. ”
112
A entry on the smart system recorded by students.
91.5%
The percentage of students' satisfaction with distance education in "higher technology".