Quality of Remote Learning during Outbreak of COVID 19 Pandemic and its Effect on Nursing Students,Satisfaction

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 interfere the designed system of education to achieve cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domain of learning and rapid application of remote learning systems is linked to obstacles that can affect students, satisfaction. Aim of the study: This study directed to assess quality of remote learning as perceived by nursing students and its effect on their satisfaction. Subjects and method: A descriptive, correlational research design was applied. The current study was conducted in the faculty of nursing, Tanta University. A convenience sample consisted of 794 undergraduate nursing students was involved in the study. Quality of Remote Learning and Nursing Student's Satisfaction regarding remote Learning scales were utilized to achieve the aim of this study. Results: More than sixty percent of nursing student perceived quality of remote learning as low especially for faculty staff, course structure, information, and system quality.As well as nearly two thirds of nursing student were dissatisfied with remote learning. Conclusion: Quality of remote learning affect nursing student's satisfaction where there was a statistically significant positive correlation between overall quality of remote learning and overall nursing student's satisfaction. Recommendation: Improving faculty staff online experiences is vital by providing continuous training and education opportunities. Also, maintaining powerful online education platform and internet infrastructure is necessary to improve remote learning quality and increase nursing student's satisfaction.
Keywords: Nursing