Distance Learning in Corona- Virus Time Advantages and Drawbacks The Case of 3rd year students Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret.

Abstract

The research at hand investigates distance learning which has been largely spread mainly during covid19 in Algeria, as a mode of education where instructors and learners learnt remotely from anywhere, using technology to interact and deliver course materials, as well as trying to find the advantages and the drawbacks of e-learning during the pandemic. The practical section of this research was curried at Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret, Algeria, for the interview that was condected with 06 teachers in addition to questionnaires given to 41 students of third-year students at the department of English language. Extensively, the adaptation of the mixed method research approach played a major role in answering the research hypothesis and to draw upon the research findings based on two data collection method, an interview for teachers was used to investigate the teacher’s perception towards distance learning in Corona Time and a questionnaire for learners in order to know learners’ opinions about distance learning. The descriptive interpretation of the collected data shows that learners revealed negative opinions towards distance learning, while teachers affirm that there is a lack in their performance. This shows that distance learning discourage learners and decrease their capacities.