Yemeni university students use of cloud computing in education and their attitudes towards it

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify the students uses of cloud computing in learning in Yemeni Universities, their obstacles of uses, their attitudes towards them, and the impact of demographic variables of Yemeni university students (gender, university style, major,   computer training and educational stage) on their uses of cloud computing, usage obstacles and attitudes towards their use in learning.

 A questionnaire was prepared for the three axes: the uses of cloud computing in learning, and the obstacles to its use, and attitudes  towards it with the number of statements (63) statement, and a random sample of students of Yemeni public and private universities were selected of different stages: bachelor, master and doctorate, and the number of the sample (258) students.

The research found that the level of use of cloud computing in Yemeni university students in education is medium, and the most important use is "to get books and references through the Internet", while the use "save my pictures on the Internet" is the least used. The results also confirmed that the level of obstacles to the use of cloud computing by Yemeni university students in education is high, and the most important obstacle was the “power outage on which the devices depend, "and the “lack of modern computers and mobile phones” was the least. The research also pointed out that the level of attitudes of Yemeni university students towards the use of cloud computing in learning is medium, and the highest attitude is the attitude "I see that cloud computing facilitates the  access to information," while the lower attitude is the attitude "I feel that the use of cloud computing is a waste of time."

The results show that there is no impact of different demographic variables for Yemeni university students (sex, university style , major, and computer training,  educational stage) on their use of cloud computing, and obstacles to use, and their attitudes towards use in learning.