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The university students’ viewpoints on e-learning system during COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Iran()

The outbreak of COVID-19 closed educational institutions and universities. The aim of this study was to explain the strengths and weaknesses of the e-learning system in Iranian universities of medical sciences in the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative study that was conducted with students enr...

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Autores principales: Salahshouri, Arash, Eslami, Kaveh, Boostani, Hatam, Zahiri, Mansour, Jahani, Simin, Arjmand, Reza, Heydarabadi, Akbar Babaei, Dehaghi, Behzad Fouladi
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08984
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author Salahshouri, Arash
Eslami, Kaveh
Boostani, Hatam
Zahiri, Mansour
Jahani, Simin
Arjmand, Reza
Heydarabadi, Akbar Babaei
Dehaghi, Behzad Fouladi
author_facet Salahshouri, Arash
Eslami, Kaveh
Boostani, Hatam
Zahiri, Mansour
Jahani, Simin
Arjmand, Reza
Heydarabadi, Akbar Babaei
Dehaghi, Behzad Fouladi
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description The outbreak of COVID-19 closed educational institutions and universities. The aim of this study was to explain the strengths and weaknesses of the e-learning system in Iranian universities of medical sciences in the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative study that was conducted with students enrolled in Iranian medical universities. Data was collected through an open-ended electronic questionnaire based on the interview guide and was analyzed through content analysis. 122 students from 46 medical universities participated in this study. 122 questionnaires from 46 universities of medical sciences were completed. From a total of 54 codes extracted from the results, seven (strengths/positive experiences) and six (weaknesses/challenges) themes were extracted, each of which had several subsets. E-learning has both visible and hidden layers in terms of advantages and disadvantages. The e-learning system is an essential tool to continue education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most students believe that e-learning was a great complement to prevent academic failure, but it cannot replicate the same efficiency of face-to-face training.
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spelling pubmed-88539852022-02-18 The university students’ viewpoints on e-learning system during COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Iran() Salahshouri, Arash Eslami, Kaveh Boostani, Hatam Zahiri, Mansour Jahani, Simin Arjmand, Reza Heydarabadi, Akbar Babaei Dehaghi, Behzad Fouladi Heliyon Research Article The outbreak of COVID-19 closed educational institutions and universities. The aim of this study was to explain the strengths and weaknesses of the e-learning system in Iranian universities of medical sciences in the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative study that was conducted with students enrolled in Iranian medical universities. Data was collected through an open-ended electronic questionnaire based on the interview guide and was analyzed through content analysis. 122 students from 46 medical universities participated in this study. 122 questionnaires from 46 universities of medical sciences were completed. From a total of 54 codes extracted from the results, seven (strengths/positive experiences) and six (weaknesses/challenges) themes were extracted, each of which had several subsets. E-learning has both visible and hidden layers in terms of advantages and disadvantages. The e-learning system is an essential tool to continue education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most students believe that e-learning was a great complement to prevent academic failure, but it cannot replicate the same efficiency of face-to-face training. Elsevier 2022-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8853985/ /pubmed/35194562 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08984 Text en © 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Jahani, Simin
Arjmand, Reza
Heydarabadi, Akbar Babaei
Dehaghi, Behzad Fouladi
The university students’ viewpoints on e-learning system during COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Iran()
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08984
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