Constructing a Scale of Students’ Attitudes Towards Distance Learning at Jordanian Private Universities

The purpose of this study was to construct and apply a measuring scale to investigate students’ attitudes towards distance learning at Amman Arab University; a private university in Jordan, through the evaluation of students attitudes, opinions, and perceptions of distance learning. The study sample consisted of 731 students. A scale was developed, consisting of 45 items. The validity and reliability of the scale were assured; using the Factor Analysis procedure the results showed a one factor present in the performance on this scale, also the scree plot assured this result. In addition, the result showed a moderately positive attitude towards distance learning; teacher and student interaction was encouraging, also the results showed no statistically significant difference between the arithmetic means attributed to student gender. Thus, students’ attitudes and opinions favored distant learning.