Exploring Omani EFL Students' Perceptions of the Newly Adopted Online Learning Platforms at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Salalah

Autor/inn/en	Kashoob, Muna; Attamimi, Rais
Titel	Exploring Omani EFL Students' Perceptions of the Newly Adopted Online Learning Platforms at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Salalah
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Learning, 10 (2021) 2, S.28-36 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-5250
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Student Attitudes; Online Courses; College Students; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; COVID-19; Pandemics; Integrated Learning Systems; Teaching Methods; Interaction; Teacher Student Relationship; Peer Relationship; Educational Environment; Oman + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Online course; Online-Kurs; Collegestudent; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interaktion; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	Due to the rapid advancement of the relevant technology and the COVID-19 health pandemic, educational institutions have had to adapt to ongoing and ever-changing circumstances at a very rapid rate. Thus, the Moodle and Microsoft Teams platforms are being used by teachers to more directly teach students, as well as fulfilling its initial role in providing a supplementary tool to maintain, the convention of independent learning. The current study explores the perceptions of a group of Omani students who are currently enrolled in the English Language Center of the University of Sciences and Applied Technology, Salalah campus, (hereafter referred to as UTAS) regarding the new online learning platforms, i.e. Moodle and Microsoft Teams. To this end, a questionnaire was adopted from Rojabi's (2020) study to measure the perceptions of the students towards both Moodle and Microsoft Teams platforms. A sample of 100 students was randomly selected from the population. The findings of the study have offered some important suggestions on how to improve the existing online platforms and pave the way for further research to be conducted in the same area. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01