Higher Education in Morocco in the Covid-19 era: What perception of the usefulness and ease of use of e-learning ?

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic has forced many education systems around the world to adopt e-learning as a mode of teaching and learning to limit the spread of the virus. Some universities and schools were already prepared while others were not. This paper presents a study conducted by a self-administered questionnaire. Its objective is to study the higher education student’s perception of the usefulness and of the ease of use of e-learning in Morocco during the covid-19 pandemic period. Likewise, this study aims to investigate the impact of the previous two determinants on the intention to use e-learning as a learning mode after the current health crisis. Results showed that there are four categories of students: the supporters of e-learning, the opponents of e-learning, conditional supporters and the grateful one.  Also, results show that the acceptance of e-learning and the intention of its use in the future by students for their learning is impacted positively by their perception of its ease of use and usefulness, which in turn is affected positively by its perceived ease of use.