Accounting Students’ Perceptions on E-Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic: Case Study of Accounting and Financial Students in Gulf University—Bahrain

Abstract

The study aims to know the perception of accounting and financial students on gulf university about e-learning during the covid-19 pandemic and to know the advantages of e-learning during the covid-19 pandemic according to the perception of gulf university students. The study used an online survey which distributed to all the students who used online accounting e-learning during covid-19, 83 respondents were collected from them. The study found that, the students agreed that the online e-learning was effective and has many advantages to them such as simple to use and they can to the material of the lecture anytime, the contact with the university lectures has improved, improved their communication with other students and the university succeeded by facilitate the accounting and financial courses with e-learning resources. Future studies can examine the perception of the accounting students in other Bahraini universities as well as in developing countries about the using of e-learning in teaching accounting and finance courses, and examine the links between e-learning accounting education and sustainability development goal No. 4 quality education.