Nursing Students Perception of E-learning during COVID-19 Pandemic; A Literature Review

Abstract

Background: E-learning has expanded recently in response to the social distance measures duringCOVID-19 pandemic. A part of the learning process is evaluating its effectiveness and impact on learners.Aim: to examine nursing students’ perceptions of e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: A literature search to identify publications on perceptions of e-learning was conducted via threedatabases.Conclusion: Sixty five articles were included and reviewed. The articles addressed the following: (1)benefits of e-learning, (2) drawbacks and challenges (3) Students’ interaction, (4) e-learning environment(5) students’ engagement and satisfaction, (6) e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic, and (7) Clinicaltraining during COVID-19 pandemic. Shifting to E-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has manybenefits that positively impact student health status and learning outcome, although it has several drawbacksand barriers that can affect the learning process quality. Finally, implementing e-learning is not an easytask; higher education institutions should consider several factors to provide the students with an efficientlearning process