Perceptions of Undergraduate Students and Teaching Staff on Online Teaching

NCT ID: NCT04466371

Last Updated: 2025-03-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

SUSPENDED

Total Enrollment

9209 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-07-15

Study Completion Date

2025-12-01

Brief Summary

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Spread of COVID-19 in the world has led to a shift in teaching and learning techniques to online methods in order to prevent transmission of the disease. Misr International University (MIU) has an established online learning system that has been used together with face-to-face classes. The aim of this study is to assess and compare the satisfaction and perceptions of full-time teaching staff and undergraduate students regarding online learning during COVID-19 crisis.

Detailed Description

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Statement of the problem: Spread of COVID-19 in the world has led to a shift in teaching and learning techniques to online methods in order to prevent transmission of the disease. Misr International University (MIU) has an established online learning system that has been used together with face-to-face classes. However, shifting all courses in all the faculties to the online mode is a new experience that needs to be assessed to allow for future improvement plans.

Aim: To assess and compare the satisfaction and perceptions of full-time teaching staff and undergraduate students regarding online learning during COVID-19 crisis.

Method: An online anonymous questionnaire will be distributed to all Misr International University (MIU) students and staff members. The total number of students is 8679 and the total number of staff members regardless of their academic title is 530. The questionnaire will be validated by three experts and piloting will be performed on a sample of participants. The questionnaire consists of five sections: Demographics, satisfaction with online teaching and learning methods, knowledge, and perception of COVID-19.

Conditions

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Covid19

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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MIU students and staff members

All students and staff members in MIU

Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

A questionnaire to assess satisfaction with online learning and knowledge about COVID-19

Interventions

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Questionnaire

A questionnaire to assess satisfaction with online learning and knowledge about COVID-19

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All MIU undergraduate students and full-time staff members

Exclusion Criteria

* Students or full-time staff members who will not respond to the questionnaire
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Misr International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine

Cairo, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

References

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Zhu N, Zhang D, Wang W, Li X, Yang B, Song J, Zhao X, Huang B, Shi W, Lu R, Niu P, Zhan F, Ma X, Wang D, Xu W, Wu G, Gao GF, Tan W; China Novel Coronavirus Investigating and Research Team. A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019. N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 20;382(8):727-733. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2001017. Epub 2020 Jan 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31978945 (View on PubMed)

Bryan, A. & Volchenkova, Kseniya.. Blended Learning: Definition, Models, Implications for Higher Education. 2016;8: 24-30. doi:10.14529/ped160204.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Pei L, Wu H. Does online learning work better than offline learning in undergraduate medical education? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Med Educ Online. 2019 Dec;24(1):1666538. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2019.1666538.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31526248 (View on PubMed)

Mohammadi, Neda & Ghorbani, Vahid & Hamidi, Farideh.. Effects of e-learning on Language Learning. Procedia CS. 2011;3: 464-468. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2010.12.078.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

ABC of Content Validation and Content Validity Index Calculation.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Related Links

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http://www.who.int/emergencies/mers-cov/en/

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Global Summary and Assessment of Risk (2019). World Health Organization (WHO).

https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2020/3/who-announces-covid-19-outbreak-a-pandemic

WHO announces COVID-19 Outbreak a Pandemic. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (2020).

http://site.ebrary.com/id/10928490

ESTELAMI, H. (2013). Frontiers of distance learning in business education

https://www.iau-aiu.net/IMG/pdf/iau_covid19_and_he_survey_report_final_may_2020.pdf

International Association of Universities Global Survey Report on The Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education Around the World (2020)

Other Identifiers

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PUB 1114005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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