How technology can mitigate the impact of COVID 19 on education? A case study of Saudi electronic university (SEU)

This paper discusses a case study research approach with the aim to find out how technology can mitigate the impact of COVID 19 on Education It outlines how Saudi Electronic University (SEU) used information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the purpose of education before COVID-19, which help mitigate the impact of COVID 19 Data for this investigation include real information from the learning management system for six weeks before the crisis, which evaluated and compared with the following six weeks after switching to fully online given education and learning because of the pandemic The findings indicate that the adoption of blended learning method that involves educational technology facilitate the shift to fully online and greatly mitigate the impact of COVID 19 on learning environment © 2005 - ongoing JATIT & LLS

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