Amal I Linjawi|Lama S Alfadda
Students&amp;rsquo; perception, attitudes, and readiness toward online learning in dental education in Saudi Arabia: a cohort study
King Abdulaziz University|King Abdulaziz University
purpose study assess students perception attitudes readiness toward online dental education saudi arabiathis longitudinal study using 5point likert scale questionnaire distributed cohort group undergraduate dental students king abdulaziz university faculty dentistry jeddah saudi arabia fourth year t1 internship year t2 assessed technological access computer skills online skills motivation level using elearning personal learning purposes overall readiness elearning adoption dental education response scale domain categorized follows low readiness level mean value13 acceptablemoderate readiness level mean value34 high readiness level mean value45 descriptive group comparisons conducted using chisquared test fishers exact test paired independent samples ttest significance level set p005the respondents follows t1 group n72 36 males 36 females f t2 group n50 20 30 f results indicated high levels computer skills technology access perceived importance online technology significant difference groups p005 also showed acceptable levels elearning experience social influence elearning adoption significant difference groups p005 significant difference reported using elearning personal compared learning purposes p005 t2 group reported significantly lower levels online english literacy p001 perceived impact elearning dental education readiness elearning p0001 multiple technical content development supports reportedthis study showed acceptable levels individual characteristics system competency levels well perceived importance using technology dental education among participants however perceived impact readiness elearning found less acceptable students matured need much support skills also reported