E-Learning Challenges in the Arab World: Revelations from a Case Study Profile

Autor/inn/en	Abouchedid, Kamal; Eid, George M.
Titel	E-Learning Challenges in the Arab World: Revelations from a Case Study Profile
Quelle	In: Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 12 (2004) 1, S.15-27 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-4883
DOI	10.1108/09684880410517405
Schlagwörter	Delivery Systems; Higher Education; Web Based Instruction; Online Courses; Distance Education; Arabs; Information Technology; Differences; Foreign Countries; Cultural Context; Internet; Teaching Methods; Global Approach; Attitudes; Case Studies; Lebanon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auslieferung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Web Based Training; Online course; Online-Kurs; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Arab; Araber; Informationstechnologie; Unterscheiden; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Globales Denken; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Libanon
Abstract	The overwhelming traditional knowledge delivery system for higher education in the Arab world demonstrates the pronounced information technology (IT) gap between Arab countries and the developed world. This study demonstrates the problems and possibilities of implementing e-learning in Arab educational institutions through analysing the attitudes of university professors (n = 294) in Lebanon towards three a priori e-learning dimensions. Favourable attitudes towards e-learning attested to faculty members' interest to get engaged in a fully-fledged e-learning programme in a country where the primary delivery educational model is essentially traditional. Discusses these attitudes in the light of the social, political and economic hindrances that impede the implementation of e-learning in the Arab region. A series of K-independent Kruskal-Wallis tests yielded significant attitudinal variations between males and females as well as between computer daily users and occasional users. Furthermore, daily computer users documented more favourable attitudes towards e-learning than their occasional user counterparts. Offers recommendations for the implementation of e-learning in "traditionally" demarcated educational systems in countries where the deployment of information and communications technologies is not widespread. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10