Environment and Social Psychology (2023) Volume 8 Issue 2 doi: 10.54517/esp.v8i2.1554 1 Research Article The attitudes of King Khalid University students towards the new learning system due to the current constraints of COVID-19 pandemic Sabah Mohamed Abbas Hamza 1,* , Bahia Khalifa Ibrahim 2 , Salah Edin Hassan El-Obeid 1 , Nawal Salih Ahmed Balol 1 , Richa Rastogi 1 , Eyas G. Abdelraheem Osman 3 , Abdalbasit Adam Mariod 4 1 Department of English, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of English, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Kharj 16278, Saudi Arabia 3 Applied College Medical Sciences, Shaqura University, Shaqura 15526, Saudi Arabia 4 Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage Centre, Ghibaish College of Science and Technology, Ghibaish 5111, Sudan * Corresponding author: Sabah Mohamed Abbas Hamza, shamza@kku.edu.sa ABSTRACT As a preventive measure against the danger presented by COVID, scholastic establishments everywhere in the world have been compelled to totally suspend eye-to-eye instruction, including labs and other learning exercises. Various activities have been dispatched by advanced education suppliers in the realm of Saudi Arabia and in King Khalid University, to present virtual learning joined by a quick change of the educational program. Virtual learning is more helpful since it can provide a dynamic and enthusiastic air for learning. The meaning of virtual learning including its usage, evaluation and significant exploration articles is investigated in this research paper. This research paper expects to explore the mentalities and views of college understudies on the utilization of virtual learning instruments in the English Department at Dhahran Al-Janoub College at King Khalid University. The information was gathered via a questionnaire that was distributed randomly among undergraduate female students in the college. It was responded by 33 students. Items of the questionnaire were designed quantitatively. The organized inquiries estimated the emotional reactions to explain the target reactions and simultaneously, improve the definition of suggestions of the study. For example, network adjustment, recorded talk trade, and the actuation of communications were firmly connected to zones learners recorded for improvement. Additionally, the result of the study shows that the learning exercises of college understudies are huge, and relying upon the educators and innovation apparatuses utilized, the nature of cooperation will contrast. The study recommends making Blackboard more interactive when teaching courses in a blended mode by adding more features to its interface so as to promote the positive learning attitudes of the undergraduates. Keywords: virtual learning; COVID-19; pandemic; virtual learning apparatuses; understudies’ discernment; point of view; disposition 1. Problem of the study During the year 2020, extremely intense respiratory disorder COVID spread in Saudi Arabia and everywhere in the world. From that point forward, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has taken extraordinary measures because of the flare-up, including school and college terminations, diverting gaining from ARTICLE INFO Received: 28 February 2023 | Accepted: 12 June 2023 | Available online: 28 July 2023 CITATION Hamza SMA, Ibrahim BK, El-Obeid SHE, et al. The attitudes of King Khalid University students towards the new learning system due to the current constraints of COVID-19 pandemic. Environment and Social Psychology 2023; 8(2): 1554. doi: 10.54517/esp.v8i2.1554 COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2023 by author(s). Environment and Social Psychology is published by Asia Pacific Academy of Science Pte. Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), permitting distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is cited.