The use of training applications after facilitating teaching from the point of view of science teachers in middle school schools in eastern Riyadh

The study aimed to know the degree of using distance learning applications in improving teaching efficiency from the point of view of science teachers in middle schools in eastern Riyadh, in addition to identifying the reality of distance learning and the obstacles that prevent the full implementation of distance learning. To answer the study questions, the researcher used the descriptive approach. The size of the study community was 252 teachers, and the sample size was determined at 152 teachers. The questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data from the respondents. The study concluded with several results, the most important of which were: There is awareness among teachers of distance learning and its importance, that teachers have extensive experience in information technology, and that there is a need for more guidance for teachers in the field of registration for courses, its mechanisms and steps, and the spread of the use of electronic training as the most important training methods, and reflects the teachers’ orientation towards distance learning due to its great advantages. The desire of teachers to obtain distance learning in order to reduce costs, time and effort spent to reach the training site, and that training encourages teachers to self-develop and continuous education, and that there are obstacles to distance learning that can be overcome. There is a need for more infrastructure and spending on it to be ready for distance training. The researcher concluded with several recommendations, the most important of which are: providing distance training for more teachers at different levels in Riyadh and the rest of the Kingdom, providing infrastructure and financial allocations to make the distance training process successful, providing material and moral incentives for teachers to move towards distance training, providing technical and technical support in the training environment, and diversifying and increasing specialized professional programs in various fields of science and education.