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Daouk, Lina; Al Hashlamoun, Nafeth Hamdi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
UAE Higher education institutions were among the first institutions in the Middle East to adopt Blackboard Learn (BBLearn) as the learning management system for their e-learning activities. Regardless of the large investments spent of BBLearn, the adoption of this system among the faculty is still slow. This qualitative case study research aimed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrated Learning Systems, Communities of Practice, Higher Education
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Daouk, Lina; Al Hashlamoun, Nafeth Hamdi; Ezzat, Mai – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
The slow adoption of e-learning in Higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been attributed to many Information Technology (IT) success factors or factors related to the management of IT. While many researchers were able to identify legitimate factors that have an impact on the adoption of e-learning, the impact…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Females
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Bowles, Michael – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
According to research findings, learners who are about to commence an undergraduate degree course with English as the medium of instruction (EMI), require a minimum English vocabulary size in order to decode and comprehend the academic texts that they have to read (Hazenberg and Hulstijn, 1996; Staehr, 2008; Laufer and Ravenhorst-Kalovski, 2010;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affordances, Electronic Learning, Vocabulary Development
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Castrillo, María Dolores; Bárcena, Elena; Pareja-Lora, Antonio – Research-publishing.net, 2014
According to a recent research carried out by Aruba Networks (2014) in the US, the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and UAE, 86% of all respondents have two or more devices that can connect to the internet, and nearly two thirds (64%) already own three or more mobile devices with this feature; another 39% own four or…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Program Implementation, Electronic Learning, Courseware
Spencer, Peta – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
The concept of mobile technologies is now an emergency theme in educational research, yet the playing of these edutainment applications and their impact on early childhood learning needs to be fully explored. This study highlights current research and explores how iPads improve student learning. It also examines how the introduction of iPads,…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy
Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2008
This study aimed to identify the extent to which Arab universities are keeping pace with modern technological developments in terms of the availability of e-Learning Management Systems and distance education, the extent of their use, and in which courses they are used. The author accessed the websites of 517 Arab universities and institutions on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Universities
Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2008
An asynchronous online translation discussion forum was created and used to post texts to be translated by participating English-Arabic student translators from different countries. Volunteer translation instructors read participants' translations and gave communicative feedback on the location and types of errors. Errors were color-coded. No…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Translation, Asynchronous Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique)