This study aimed to identify the difficulties that hinder the use of Internet among students of the Syrian Virtual University. It also tried to know the impact of variables: gender, academic specialization, owning a computer and provision of Internet
service. The study was conducted on a sample of 400 students, 200 male students and 200 female students of educational programs.
Results showed that the main difficulties that hinder the use of Internet were the student's lack of knowledge of the importance of the Internet and aim of its use. Students also believed that the disadvantages of this service were more than its advantages. Results did not show gender-based significant differences; however, there were significant differences in these difficulties attributed to variables of computer ownership and availability of Internet service in favour of students who have the computers and Internet service.
This research aimed to know the degree of virtual learning efficiency from the point of view of the faculty members (the program of education qualification diploma as a model). To reach this goal we prepared a questionnaire consisting of 37 items and
divided into six parts, in addition to one open question. This questionnaire was applied on a sample of 8 members from the faculty members of the Faculty of Education, and the results showed that there are statistically significant differences between the average score degrees of the faculty members due to the number of experience years in favor of the faculty members who have 20 years of experience or more.
Also, the results showed that there are significant differences between the average score degrees of the faculty members due to gender and numbers of experience years in favor of male faculty members who have less than 20 years of experience
This research seeks to extend our current knowledge in the area of
distanct English language learning by exploring the language learning
strategies used by students at the Syrian Virtual University (SVU).
