analyzing the Perceptions of Students of the College of Education, Al-Azhar University, of the Preferred Smart Learning Environment

Hassan, Ahmad Muhammad Shabeeb

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2022.266548

analyzing the Perceptions of Students of the College of Education, Al-Azhar University, of the Preferred Smart Learning Environment

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Ahmad Muhammad Shabeeb Hassan

Department of Educational Psychology and Educational Statistics College of Education - Al-Azhar University

10.21608/jsrep.2022.266548

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The smart learning environment has become one in which teachers and students can practise rich learning experiences that have never been seen before. Therefore, many types of research have revealed the relationship between learning skills and learning outcomes and smart learning environments, and some were interested in revealing the relationship between smart learning environments and student learning skills as a flourishing learning environment in the twenty-first century. The research sample consisted of 500 students who were selected from the College of Education - Al-Azhar University in Cairo from the second year and chosen from the following departments (scientific - literary - and qualitative) and the fourth year also selected from the departments (scientific, literary and qualitative). To achieve the aim of the research, a scale was prepared that aims to measure the preferred smart learning environment, consisting of (46) phrases distributed over ten dimensions that represent the smart learning environment. The results indicated that: - Students' preferences for the smart learning environment on the dimensions of the scale were all high, and this indicates that the students prefer learning in light of a smart learning environment rich in technology in terms of its dimensions, the subject of the studied research. - There were no statistically significant differences in the responses of the research sample on the dimensions of the scale according to the study year (second - fourth), except for the dimensions of physical design and learning data. - There were statistically significant differences in the responses of the research sample on the dimensions of the scale according to the specialization variable (scientific - literary - qualitative) and these differences were in favor of the qualitative specialization, and a set of appropriate educational recommendations were produced

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