Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq University Journal of Human and Social Sciences

The changes that have occurred recently in term of
applying and implementing e-learning platforms quickly
during Covid-19, has forced educational institutions to enter
into fields of online education platforms and create an
appropriate environment for students.
One of the procedures that taken by these educational
institutions, is to prepare their employees and faculty
members by training them through intensive online courses
to acquire technical skills required to encounter these crucial
changes.
The transformation and transition of face to face teaching
system to e-learning in a very short time prompted
educational institutions to create virtual classes that mimic
real classes.
They had to learn and use online education platforms
professionally to overcome difficulties and fears that
students faced.
The aim of the current research is to evaluate the quality
of online educational performance from three dimensions:
characteristics of online education platforms, information
and services provided by these platforms during Covide-19. The methodology of the research consisted in analyzing
the opinions of a sample consisting of (548) students at
College of Administration and Economics - University of
Baghdad within the departments: Statistics, Accounting,
Business Administration, Finance and Banking, Industrial
Management, Public Administration, and Economy, to find
out the aspects of strength and weakness, dissatisfaction and
satisfaction, and low and high online educational priorities.
The research was based on analyzing the performance
and importance of the evaluation aspects from the students'
point of view in the College of Administration and
Economics at the University of Baghdad.
The results show that online educational platforms at
college of Economic and Administration are characterized
by easiness of use and have no complication in using them.

The present study is an attempt at highlighting some of
the prominent procedures that encourage and sustain critical
and creative thinking of EFL students and educators.
Critical thinking refers to the process of thinking
involving an analytical evaluation of a situation, in order, to
draw various points of view relevant to that situation.
Creative thinking involves the generation of ideas, processes
and experiences, both types of thinking are located on both
hemispheres of the brain, critical thinking is connected to the
left hemisphere while creative thinking is connected to the
right hemisphere.
The study concludes that university teachers should
facilitate and encourage critical and creative thinking by
viewing their students differently from what they have
presumed