Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic happened as a result of fast infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). As response, many universities around the world suspended traditional education and replaced it with online learning. In Jordan, the educational institutions closure lasted for five semesters, a one year and six months. During the curfew, the students of Information Technology (IT) faculties were prevented from attending faculty's laboratories to avoid contagion. Therefore, students were away from college labs and supervised program implementation for a significant period of time, which could effect on the quality of programming skills of students. This study is cross-sectional study examines the impact of online education of programming languages (PLs) courses at four Jordanian universities on the performance and on the level of programming skills of students. A random sample of undergraduate and graduate students were surveyed to determine their satisfaction with the overall online learning system and with their programming skills after completing online learning of one or more programming language courses. SPSS v28 was used for data analysis and hypothesis testing. The results of the study show that most students are dissatisfied with their programming skills acquired through online learning. By using a multiple regression method, we found that the most important factor for this dissatisfaction was online learning techniques in addition to online learning difficulties.
Page(s):
175-182
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Science International, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Online Learning
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COVID19
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Programming Languages
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Programming skills