Graduate Students’ Experience and Academic Achievements with Online Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic

Halima Ahmed Omar, Eqlima Mohamad Ali and Shashidhar Belbase
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Halima Ahmed Omar: Foundations of Education Department, College of Education, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates
Eqlima Mohamad Ali: Foundations of Education Department, College of Education, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates
Shashidhar Belbase: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-21

Abstract: Higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) adopted a distance/online learning approach during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure that students were safe while they received an uninterrupted, high-quality education off-campus. This was the first time that all of the higher education institutions adopted this approach. Therefore, it is crucial to conduct this study to gain insight into graduate students’ experiences in distance learning and to verify whether these experiences are linked to their achievements. The purpose of this study was to examine graduate students’ experiences toward online and distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in the academic year 2020–2021 and their academic achievement. A questionnaire was developed for this study and sent online to graduate students’ emails with the coordination of the College of Graduate Studies at a higher education institution in the UAE. The study received 138 responses. The data was analyzed using IBMSPSS-26. The findings of the study showed that graduate students’ level of Engagement, ease of Communication, and quality of learning Experience with online/distance learning were related significantly to their overall academic achievement.

Keywords: distance learning; graduate students; academic achievement; COVID-19; UAE; survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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