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Publication Date: 2013
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Technological Readiness of the UAE Higher Education Institutions for the 21st Century
Al Blooshi, Asma; Ezziane, Zoheir
Journal of Education and Learning, v2 n4 p123-139 2013
Educational institutions are considered as main indicator of a nation's competitiveness and the excellence of implementing their goals and objectives increase a nation's sense of competitiveness. Thus, it is important to receive a progress report showing how close the educational institutions are in accomplishing the 21st century visions and goals. The aim of this study are to investigate how ready the educational institutions for the 21st century, identify 21st century tools that are used in the three educational institutions, examine the abilities of students to learn from any where any time and study the type of assessment tools which are practiced in the educational institutions. 235 instructors participated in the study from three United Arab Emirates educational institutions. The results indicate that there is relatively change in the average scores for all three measures.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Computer Attitudes, Educational Assessment, School Effectiveness, Futures (of Society), Computer Literacy, Global Approach, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making Skills, Benchmarking, Scores, Computer Assisted Testing, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Arab Emirates
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