The shift to online learning amidst the Covid-19 pandemic : students' perspectives

الملخص EN

On winter 2020, Coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a world pandemic, a decision would lead to a series of radical changes to our lifestyle.

The most important was the suspension of formal education at universities and schools and the use of e-learning models instead as a means of learning.

Prompted by these changes, this research paper aims to review the students' perceptions of their e-learning experience in Blida 2 university during the pandemic.

The study reports on students' perceptions of e-learning, its benefits, drawbacks and challenges.

To this end, the researcher conducted a survey with a group of students from of different faculties of Blida 2 university to unravel their e-learning experience.

The findings of this study proved that the implementation of e-learning in this university faced several challenges which prevented it from delivering as expected.

Based on these findings some recommendations are put forward.