ERIC Number: EJ1180059
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1528-3518
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The Use of E-Learning in Highly Domain-Specific Settings: Perceptions of Female Students and Faculty in Saudi Arabia
Alahmari, Ayshah; Amirault, Ray J.
Quarterly Review of Distance Education, v18 n4 p37-56 2017
This study examines the general perceptions of Saudi Arabian faculty members and Saudi female students toward e-learning, as well as their perceptions toward potentially replacing the current closed-circuit distance technology in use for female students studying at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with an online learning management system-based technology. Date were collected during spring 2016 using an online survey at PNY in Saudi Arabia (n = 204 female students and n = 102 faculty members). An analysis of the data revealed that the majority of participants held positive perceptions toward the use of e-learning were it to be implemented at PNY. The study also revealed high levels of support within these groups for the implementation of e-learning-based course delivery in the case when male instructors teach and interact with female students, a common practice in Saudi Arabian higher education. After presenting the study's findings, several proposed recommendations are developed and presented for use by both decision-makers at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University and at other universities in Saudi Arabia operating under similar cultural and organizational circumstances.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, College Students, Student Attitudes, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Females, Distance Education, Integrated Learning Systems, Online Surveys, Data Analysis, Educational Benefits, Barriers, Program Implementation, Readiness, Television, Video Technology, Educational Change, Likert Scales, Motivation, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia
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