Impact of Female Teachers’ Competence to Use Virtual Classes Microsoft Teams Features and their Remote Teaching Practices and Challenges

Journal Article

2023

Abstract: The study investigated the impact of female teachers’ competence to use virtual classes Microsoft Teams on students’ learning during their remote teaching. The study also investigated their remote teaching practices using virtual class Microsoft Teams. Further, the study explored the challenges that faced them during their remote teaching using Microsoft Teams. The study applied a questionnaire on a sample of (419) K-12 female teachers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The results indicated that the hand raising, chat text, and access control features were the highest use and most impactful on students’ learning. The results showed that previous teaching experiences helped teachers to manage virtual classes effectively. Teachers could design and deliver virtual lessons through Microsoft Teams. The study found that there were no statistically significant differences in the degree of the impact of female teachers’ competence to use Microsoft Teams on students’ learning, their remote teaching practices, and the challenges of teaching remotely in terms of their age. However, the study found there were statistically significant differences in the degree of the impact of female teachers’ abilities to use Microsoft Teams on students’ learning, their remote teaching practices, and the challenges of teaching remotely in terms of classification of their information and communication technology skills (beginner, moderate, advance). Teachers ranked virtual class management, technical issues, and virtual assessment as the most challenging during their remote teaching. Professional training and technical support were recommended to enable teachers to design and deliver online or blended lessons.

• Publisher Name: دراسات تربوية واجتماعية - مجلة دورية محكمة تصدر عن كلية التربية - جامعة حلوان