The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) launched an e-questionnaire to measure faculty satisfaction and interaction with the transformation to the online remote learning system, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The project was to ascertain the faculty members’ satisfaction rates with this experience, in general, as well as the online learning platform. The survey was also created to compare standard, or traditional education methods and online remote learning, and the challenges raised by the latter

 

To evaluate the pilot phase of online remote learning implemented on two consecutive days (March 4-5, 2020) prior to its actual implementation on March 8, 2020. The aim was to ensure faculty members’ readiness to teach online classes with high efficiency levels, and to support students in overcoming any challenges with the new delivery method

The questionnaire was analyzed to support the decision-making process in the actual implementation phase (Mach 8, 2020 and onwards) and to ensure that it met faculty needs. The findings showed high faculty satisfaction rates with the online learning experience, with faculty members providing over 3,000 online classes in the pilot phase (March 4-5). In addition, both faculty members and students demonstrated their strong commitment to daily online class attendances, while faculty members were very pleased with the performance of HCT's Blackboard learning platform and recommended that more faculty PD sessions should be provided to enable them to leverage education technology more

effectively