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2023-12-28
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Teachers’ readiness and usage of online teaching practices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An empirical investigation
Shahid Husain
Department of Accountancy, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1938-9741
Mohammad Athar Ali
Department of Finance, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6848-1387
Mohd Afzal Saifi
Centre for Distance and Online Education Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-7143
Sufyan Habib
Department of Business Administration, College of Administration and Finance, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2561-0716
Mohammed Arshad Khan
Department of Accountancy, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8375-8110
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20448/jeelr.v10i4.5270
Keywords: Competencies skills, Online teaching and attitude, Pedagogy, Teaching readiness, Technical proficiency, Training.
Abstract
The substantial disruption caused by the COVID-19 epidemic to the world's education system is only one of the many setbacks the world has recently experienced. The transition of the students from their offline learning mode to a fully digital approach was not easy from the beginning for them. The online teaching readiness heavily relied on their competencies and skills to adapt the pedagogy, training, technical skills, a proper mindset and new roles. This research endeavors to evaluate the readiness of the teachers belonging to higher education institutions (HEIs) to handle online education based on the online teaching readiness model. A systematic questionnaire with 30 statements was used by the researcher to collect and analyse data from 296 HEI lecturers in Saudi Arabia. Smart PLS3 was used to attain reliability, convergent, discriminate validity and model fitness. These programs will help equip the teachers with the necessary technical skills, pedagogy, competency and readiness to comprehend the requisite techniques of online teaching and the vital strategies for keeping their students engaged. Technical proficiency, pedagogy, competency and teaching readiness show a direct relationship with online education. On the other hand, attitude and training do not show any relationship with online education.