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Assessment of the Contingency Theory on Performance Mobile Learning in the Palestinian Higher Education Institutions during Coronavirus Pandemic: Moodle Case Study

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  • 1. Department of Software Engineering University of Palestine, Gaza, Palestine

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Abstract: COVID-19 which declared by The World Health Organization (WHO) as pandemic in March 2020 created a contingency situation that affected all human life situation and there has been a huge shift in the way people teach, learn and work. Such pandemic situation provided uncertainty environment in the Palestinian Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), especially since they had to utilize a full learning environment such as Moodle replacing the conventional (face-to-face, blended, or hybrid). This study aims to investigate the factors of contingency theory on students’ performance of Moodle as m-learning system in the Palestinian HEIs during coronavirus pandemic. However, the contingent learning management systems are flexible in choosing and adapting strategies to suit change in situation at a particular period in time during running of the education institutions. The primary data was collected by distributing questionnaires (survey) to the students of six Palestinian higher education in Gaza strip. 480 students have successfully responded to answer the questionnaire. Results shows that the Design Maturity explain 50.8% of the Moodle performance. Furthermore, among its variables Management variable is the best predictor of Moodle Performance followed by Implementation. The best predictor of Contingency variables is Individual followed by Tasks and Environment with 50.1% of explanation of the Design Maturity. Indeed, students registered some recommendations and a practical comment that should be considered by the universities to make some actions to enhance Moodle performance and its utilization in their environments.

Keywords: Online Learning, m-learning, e-learning, Contingency Theory. Moodle Performance.

Title: Assessment of the Contingency Theory on Performance Mobile Learning in the Palestinian Higher Education Institutions during Coronavirus Pandemic: Moodle Case Study

Author: Naji Shukri Alzaza

International Journal of Novel Research in Engineering and Science

ISSN 2394-7349

Vol. 9, Issue 1, March 2022 - August 2022

Page No: 14-23

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Website: www.noveltyjournals.com

Published Date: 08-July-2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6810038

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