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The Acceptance of E-learning as a Tool for Teaching Entrepreneurship during the COVID-19 Pandemic The Case of HITS of Sidi Bouzid and Ksar Hellal -Tunisia

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  • Samir Akachi

    (1Higher Institute of Technological Studies of Sidi Bouzid – Tunisia)

  • Arbia Ayed

    (Higher Institute of Technological Studies of Ksar Hellal – Tunisia)

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A relentless mutation characterized universities around the world by the advent of the infamous virus that gave rise to the pandemic called COVID-19. This study aims at exploring e-learning readiness and its acceptance as a tool for teaching entrepreneurship in two higher institutes of technological studies in Tunisia, and it has become imminent to resort to e-learning. The desired results are more far-sighted in these new special circumstances, which have made this mode of learning the gateway to the entire educational system be called into question. The question is: How did students perceive this new mode of distance education? An online questionnaire was distributed to extrapolate a descriptive analysis. We have explored certain facets in both institutes that highlight many disadvantages between both students and areas: mastery of technology, poor internet connectivity, technological accessibility, and unkind study environments. Besides this, research highlights the role of new approaches to distance learning in entrepreneurship. It will end with the proposal of recommendations that are relevant for different stakeholders in the phenomenon of distance education in general and the entrepreneurial discipline in particular.

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  • Samir Akachi & Arbia Ayed, 2021. "The Acceptance of E-learning as a Tool for Teaching Entrepreneurship during the COVID-19 Pandemic The Case of HITS of Sidi Bouzid and Ksar Hellal -Tunisia," Studies in Educational Management, EUROKD, vol. 10, pages 1-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:bco:semaaa::v:10:y:2021:p:1-17
    DOI: 10.32038/sem.2021.10.01
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