ERIC Number: EJ1042550
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Apr
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 31
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1302-6488
The Learners' Satisfaction toward Online E-Learning Implemented in the College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia: Can E-Learning Replace the Conventional System of Education?
Al-Fahad, Fahad N.
Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, v11 n2 p61-72 Apr 2010
The growth of distance education course offerings is an indication of its importance to students. The purpose of this study is to investigate learners' satisfaction toward online e-learning implemented in the College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the meantime, also, this study was conducted to assess whether substitution of conventional learning with e-learning can improve the educational standard and knowledge of people especially in this information world. The target group consists of 201 university students (female) from the College of Applied Studies and Community Service. The results of the statistical analysis demonstrate that students' satisfaction has been very positive toward e-learning as a teaching assisted tool, and provides more benefits than conventional learning.
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Participant Satisfaction, Community Services, College Students, Statistical Analysis, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Delivery Systems, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Saudi Arabia

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