[ E-learning et universités marocaines: Cas de l’Université Al Akhawayn d’Ifrane ]
Volume 67, Issue 2, July 2023, Pages 283–292
Ouafae Benzina1 and Wissal Chafik2
1 Professeure-Chercheure, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Moulay Ismail - Meknès, Morocco
2 Étudiante à l’Université Al Akhawayn d’Ifrane, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In late December 2019, the Covid-19 virus was discovered in Wuhan, China, and then spread to all parts of the world, until a global pandemic was declared on March 11, 2020. In addition to disrupting the health situation in Morocco, the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on all sectors from trade, agriculture, tourism to education, etc. On March 20, 2020, the Moroccan government forced entire regions of the kingdom into mandatory lockdown due to the rising number of coronavirus cases. National lockdown has forced Moroccan universities to move from face-to-face to online teaching. The objective of this contribution is to determine the extent to which higher education in Morocco successfully met the challenge of distance learning. In this regard, our research will focus on the analysis of Al Akhawayn University of Ifrane (AUI), as an example of distance learning, in Morocco, during the COVID-19 pandemic. AUI was chosen for the research because it is the only university in Morocco and Africa, to date, to be accredited for online education by the New England Commission for Higher Education (NECHE). Thus, the research will evaluate the methods used by AUI, including online e-learning platforms (MS Teams, Turnitin.com, Jenzabar, etc.), as well as flipped learning, as a method of academic success in the midst of a health crisis. The research is based on data collected through surveys of a number of AUI students.
Author Keywords: Al Akhawayn University, COVID-19, e-learning, flipped learning, higher education, Morocco.
Volume 67, Issue 2, July 2023, Pages 283–292
Ouafae Benzina1 and Wissal Chafik2
1 Professeure-Chercheure, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Moulay Ismail - Meknès, Morocco
2 Étudiante à l’Université Al Akhawayn d’Ifrane, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In late December 2019, the Covid-19 virus was discovered in Wuhan, China, and then spread to all parts of the world, until a global pandemic was declared on March 11, 2020. In addition to disrupting the health situation in Morocco, the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on all sectors from trade, agriculture, tourism to education, etc. On March 20, 2020, the Moroccan government forced entire regions of the kingdom into mandatory lockdown due to the rising number of coronavirus cases. National lockdown has forced Moroccan universities to move from face-to-face to online teaching. The objective of this contribution is to determine the extent to which higher education in Morocco successfully met the challenge of distance learning. In this regard, our research will focus on the analysis of Al Akhawayn University of Ifrane (AUI), as an example of distance learning, in Morocco, during the COVID-19 pandemic. AUI was chosen for the research because it is the only university in Morocco and Africa, to date, to be accredited for online education by the New England Commission for Higher Education (NECHE). Thus, the research will evaluate the methods used by AUI, including online e-learning platforms (MS Teams, Turnitin.com, Jenzabar, etc.), as well as flipped learning, as a method of academic success in the midst of a health crisis. The research is based on data collected through surveys of a number of AUI students.
Author Keywords: Al Akhawayn University, COVID-19, e-learning, flipped learning, higher education, Morocco.
Abstract: (french)
Fin décembre 2019, le virus Covid-19 a été découvert à Wuhan, en Chine, et s’est ensuite propagé dans le monde entier, jusqu’à ce qu’une pandémie mondiale a été déclarée le 11 mars 2020. En plus de troubler la situation sanitaire au Maroc, la pandémie de Covid-19 a eu un impact significatif sur tous les secteurs allant du commerce, de l’agriculture, du tourisme à l’éducation, etc. Le 20 mars 2020, le gouvernement marocain a contraint toutes les régions du royaume à se mettre sous confinement obligatoire en raison de l’évolution du nombre de cas de contamination par le coronavirus. Le confinement national a forcé les universités marocaines à passer d’un enseignement en présentiel à un enseignement à distance. L’objectif de cette contribution est de déterminer à quel point l’enseignement supérieur au Maroc a réussi le défi de l’enseignement à distance. A cet égard, notre recherche portera sur l’analyse de l’Université Al Akhawayn d’Ifrane (AUI), en tant qu’exemple de l’éducation à distance au Maroc durant la pandémie du COVID-19. Le choix de la recherche s’est porté sur l’AUI en particulier car, à ce jour, elle est la seule université au Maroc et en Afrique à être accréditée pour son enseignement en ligne, et ce par la New England Commission for Higher Education (NECHE). Ainsi, la recherche visera-t-elle à évaluer les méthodes utilisées par l’AUI, notamment les plateformes en ligne de e-learning (MS Teams, Turnitin.com, Jenzabar, etc.), outre que l’apprentissage inversé, flipped learning, en tant que méthode de succès académique en pleine crise sanitaire. La recherche est basée sur des données recueillies à travers des sondages réalisés auprès de quelques étudiants de l’AUI.
Author Keywords: COVID-19, e-learning, enseignement supérieur, flipped learning, Maroc, Université Al Akhawayn.
How to Cite this Article
Ouafae Benzina and Wissal Chafik, “E-learning and Moroccan universities: Case study of Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 283–292, July 2023.
