Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(12B), pp. 8478 - 8487
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082657
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Distance Learning in Moroccan Higher Education: Students' Attitude towards ENS -Ecole Normale Superieure - Classroom Platform and Effective Recommendations

Mohamed Merouane El Hammoumi ^1,*, Safaa El Youssfi ^2
1 Bio-Geosciences and Material Engineering Laboratory «LBGIM» Ecole Normale Superieure, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
² American Language Center (ALC-Fes), Fes, Morocco

ABSTRACT

Distance learning is developing at high speed in Morocco as well as in the rest of the world. With the inability to move from home due to the COVID 19 outbreak, it may seem obvious that it represents a solution and a good way to develop skills and knowledge and to guarantee academic continuity. As we live now in a society with constant social and cultural change, information and communication technologies have been contributing towards the construction of a new kind of society- the information society, where students need to be equipped with skills to do research, analyse and select knowledge from different paths and digital resources [1]. So, the purpose of this study is to find out about Moroccan university students' attitudes towards ENS Classroom platform which they have been using during quarantine and how they are discovering distance learning for the first time. The study revealed that although the platform has truly enabled them to overcome the distance that separates students from the university, a set of challenges appeared during their e-learning courses and hindered the best understanding and retention of the course content. The results are significant since they show how unsatisfied ENS students are towards their distance learning experience. The study also suggests a set of recommendations to cater for better academic outcomes.

KEYWORDS
Distance Learning, Digital Platforms, Attitudes, ICT

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Mohamed Merouane El Hammoumi , Safaa El Youssfi , "Distance Learning in Moroccan Higher Education: Students' Attitude towards ENS -Ecole Normale Superieure - Classroom Platform and Effective Recommendations," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 12B, pp. 8478 - 8487, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082657.

(b). APA Format:
Mohamed Merouane El Hammoumi , Safaa El Youssfi (2020). Distance Learning in Moroccan Higher Education: Students' Attitude towards ENS -Ecole Normale Superieure - Classroom Platform and Effective Recommendations. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(12B), 8478 - 8487. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.082657.