ABSTRACT

Background and objectives: Due to the importance of e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study was conducted to investigate the learning of students of Jiroft University of Medical Sciences during the COVID-19 in 2020.

Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in 2020 on 242 students of Jiroft University of Medical Sciences. Subjects were selected by cluster sampling method, and data were collected using the standard e-learning questionnaire of Watkins et al. (2004). The validity and reliability of the questionnaire has been used and confirmed in various studies with Cronbach's alpha of 845%, and the data were analyzed using SPSS 20. Significance level was considered 0.05.

Results: In this study, 432 students participated, and their average total e-learning score was 21.48±78.11. The skills and online communication dimension had the highest mean compared to the others. Also, according to Kruskal-Wallis test, there was a direct and significant relationship between the field of study and the total score of e-learning and the mean total score of e-learning and each of its dimensions.

Discussion and Conclusion: Increasing students' learning through e-learning is influenced by various factors such as motivation, access to technology, Internet chats, the ability to learn through the media, and important issues for success in e-learning. Therefore, it is recommended that educational administrators give priority to the improvement of e-learning conditions in their programs.

Keywords: e-learning, COVID-19 disease, the students of university of medical sciences