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 Volume 9, Issue 2 (February 2022), Pages: 128-135

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Experience of distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate nursing students

 Author(s): Salmah A. Alghamdi 1, *, Mona M. Elhady 2, Shahad S. Alghamdi 1, Aisha Maqbool 1, Shaima Abuduryhim 1, Fatima Showeai 1, Rasha Alsaigh 1, Hanan Badr 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
 2Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4064-2724

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.02.014

 Abstract:

COVID-19 Pandemic has a huge influence on the learning process worldwide.  To maintain student academic progress, learning activities were converted to distance learning to control the further spread of the COVID-19 virus. During this period several studies around the world were conducted to assess the effectiveness of distance learning. The results of these studies showed different perspectives, some of the students preferred e-learning while other preferred traditional methods. The aim of this study was to assess the experience of undergraduate nursing students who used distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A quantitative, cross-sectional design was used to conduct the study. A convenient sampling approach was used to collect the data electronically via self-reported questionnaires. The study included 328 participants. The average score of the effectiveness domain was (2.58±0.68, medium level), and the satisfaction domain was (2.56±0.54, medium level). The results indicate that technical issues were the most significant barrier (75.6%) to distance learning, followed by physical problems, and decreased access to technological devices. Savings in transportation costs (74.1%), savings in time (71.6%), and the opportunity to review recorded lectures (67.4%) were the benefits of distance learning reported by nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the nursing students reported a positive preference for distance learning. Technical issues were the most significant barrier while decreased transportation costs were the most significant facilitator. These findings were consistent with other studies from different settings. Further research is needed to build upon these findings. 

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Undergraduate students, Online education, Distance learning, Nursing students, COVID-19

 Article History: Received 18 September 2021, Received in revised form 18 December 2021, Accepted 20 December 2021

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations: 

Ethical approval was obtained from the Nursing Research Ethical Committee at the faculty of nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, serial number (2B. 43). All participation was completely voluntary and anonymous. Participants were assured that their information was used confidentially, and their participation would not influence their grades or student status. Interested participants read and approved the informed consent form with detailed information about the study before filling out the electronic survey.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alghamdi SA, Elhady MM, and Alghamdi SS et al. (2022). Experience of distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate nursing students. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(2): 128-135

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