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The study aims to identify the Usage of WhatsApp, a Source of E-Learning during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Gulf Tertiary Institutions among Students from Saudi and Bahraini Universities, applying to a sample of 175 students. The obtained results indicated that using the student’s WhatsApp application is to participate in a discussion about assignments and research and publish some notifications and announcements about courses among classmates. Also, discuss course specifications with the instructor, exchange ideas about course projects with teacher classmates, increase accommodation with academic performance behaviors, exchange the previous and expected exam questions with classmates, and increase teacher cooperation with classmates in preparing assignments.
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Hassan, A., Mseer, I.N., Omran, A.A.M., Al-Sartawi, A.M.A.M., Sarea, A.M.Y. (2021). WhatsApp as a Source of E-Learning During Corona Virus Pandemic. In: Hassanien, AE., Chang, KC., Mincong, T. (eds) Advanced Machine Learning Technologies and Applications. AMLTA 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1339. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69717-4_8
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