Students' Attitudes toward E-Learning in the Light of the Spread of Pandemic Corona Virus (A Field Study, in Damanhour University 2020/2021)

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Department of Economics, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development - Faculty of Agriculture - Damanhour University - Egypt.

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This research aimed mainly to identify faculty of agriculture students' attitudes toward  E-learning in the light of the spread of pandemic Corona Virus, the research data was collected using A group interview technique during the first semester of the academic year 2020/2021. The research population represented the total students in the third and fourth level of the college of agriculture, Damanhur University, who have experienced e-learning since the spread of pandemic Corona Virus till now,  A simple sample of 180 students was selected randomly. Several statistical tools were used to analyze data, including percentages, mean, range, standard deviation, Chi-Square, t-Test, and ANOVA. The findings indicated that (60.5%)  of the students hold a negative attitude toward e-learning. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the average degree of students ’attitudes towards e-learning according to gender, where the values of t = 4.863 * and also according to the type of academic specialization, where the value of (F) 3.242 * which was significant value, and It was recommended that, the identified components should be taken into account in the educational programs at the college of agriculture, Damanhur University, with a focus on the provide an interactive learning environment rich in teaching and learning resources that would ensure a combination of more than one method of teaching, thereby achieving positive attitudes among students towards e-learning.

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