The impact of digitalization on university education: A field study after the COVID-19 pandemic

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Lecturer at Sociology Department [Faculty of Arts- Damietta University] New Damietta _ Egypt

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Purpose: Identify the effectiveness of the use of technology in university education.
Method: Theory: Virtual Learning. Sample: (intentional) on (381) university students. Tool: questionnaire.
Importance: attempting to find appropriate mechanisms for students, lecturers, and universities, for the correct activation of e-learning.
Findings: Blended learning was the best choice for the respondents, as the use of technology in educational life has become an imperative necessity, which is currently represented in the (Distribution of the course on electronic CDs for students, instead of paper books _ Communication between students and the lecturer using social networks _ Electronic correction _ Using electronic management systems _ Developing digital libraries).
Conclusion: Blended learning must be well-planned to change the negative thinking towards it, where: Preparing the necessary technical requirements for it, such as providing a laptop and fast and free internet for each student and for each university professor. Training professors and students on how to: use educational electronic programs, access digital libraries and trusted scientific websites, and conduct exams that are graded electronically. Training those in charge of designing electronic courses. Follow up on the performance of students, and they must be trained on the practical parts of the course. Professors show their interest in front of students to introduce technology in education and hold periodic seminars with students to identify the problems they face in order to work on solving them. Thus, blended learning has taken an (interactive) method instead of the method (of indoctrination), which was dominant over traditional education.

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