Open Access<p>Medical Staff Members’ Experiences with Blackboard at Taif University, Saudi Arabia</p>
Author(s) -
Ahmed S. Alkarani,
Abdulellah Al Thobaity
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s287389
Subject(s) - blackboard (design pattern) , medical education , thematic analysis , qualitative research , covid-19 , psychology , medicine , computer science , sociology , social science , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
The coronavirus COVID-19 has had very serious impacts on many aspects of people's lives worldwide, including the negative effect on the educational system that disturbed the normal functions of medical faculties. Understanding the experiences of medical faculty members will help to better prepare for making improvements in similar future crises. Moreover, to our extended knowledge, there is no study on e-learning in the field of medical university education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore how online learning was applied at Taif University after the total transformation from traditional education to Blackboard during the COVID-19 crisis and how it can be improved.