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Leen Adel Gammoh – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2024
ChatGPT, a user-friendly and accessible AI tool, offers a revolutionary approach to academic learning. In spite of its benefits, the implementation of ChatGPT into university assignments presents possible risks for students. While extensive global research has studied these risks from students' perspectives, a notable gap exists in comprehending…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Risk, Barriers
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Al-Adwan, Ahmad Samed; Li, Na; Al-Adwan, Amer; Abbasi, Ghazanfar Ali; Albelbisi, Nour Awni; Habibi, Akhmad – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Metaverse, which combines a number of information technologies, is the Internet of the future. A media for immersive learning, metaverse could set future educational trends and lead to significant reform in education. Although the metaverse has the potential to improve the effectiveness of online learning experiences, metaverse-based educational…
Descriptors: College Students, Intention, Information Technology, Adoption (Ideas)
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Norma Ghamrawi; Reem Khalid Abu-Shawish; Tarek Shal; Najah A. R. Ghamrawi – Cogent Education, 2024
This phenomenological investigation examined teacher leadership within the context of higher education among novice faculty members with a specialization in educational leadership. These newcomers received informal guidance and support from specific faculty members whom they identified as exemplifying teacher leadership. The core methodology…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Higher Education, Context Effect, College Faculty
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Bataineh, Khaleel Bader; Atoum, Mohammed Salem; Alsmadi, Lama Ahmad; Shikhali, May – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
Jordan, like other countries in the world, is facing the Coronavirus pandemic and is making a great effort to continue education in Jordanian schools and universities through distance education. To evaluate this novel experience, this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of distance education in Jordanian universities in light of the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
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Al-Salman, Saleh; Haider, Ahmad S. – Online Learning, 2021
The present study investigates the influence of digital technology, instructional and assessment quality, economic status and psychological state, and course type on Jordanian university students' attitudes towards online learning during the COVID-19 emergency transition to online learning. A survey of 4,037 undergraduate students representing…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Hamdan, Khaldoun Mohammad; Al-Bashaireh, Ahmad M.; Zahran, Zainab; Al-Daghestani, Amal; AL-Habashneh, Samira; Shaheen, Abeer M. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2021
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate Jordanian university students' interaction, Internet self-efficacy, self-regulation and satisfaction regarding online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: A correlational cross-sectional design was utilized using convenience sampling to include 702 undergraduate students from…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Student Characteristics, Private Colleges
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Al-Adwan, Ahmad Samed; Albelbisi, Nour Awni; Aladwan, Shadia Hasan; Al Horani, Omar Mohammed; Al-Madadha, Amro; Al Khasawneh, Mohammad Hamdi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2020
Aim/Purpose: The main objective of this study is to explore students' beliefs with regard to social media use (SMU) in higher education and the consequences of such use on the perception of their academic performance. Additionally, the study aims to determine the major influential factors with regard to SMU in student learning settings as a means…
Descriptors: Social Media, Positive Attitudes, Student Motivation, Undergraduate Students
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Fincham, Kathleen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Within the Middle East and North Africa region, more than 5,600,000 Syrian refugees are currently registered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as seen here https://www.unhcr.org/. Amongst university-aged refugees, only a small fraction (Jordan -- 8%, Lebanon -- 6%, Turkey -- 1%) are currently enrolled in higher education. This paper, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education
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Shanikat, Feryal Abdel-Hadi – International Education Studies, 2014
This study aimed at assessing the level of performance of sign language interpreters in both public and private Jordanian universities, as well as to recognize the effect of the study variables specifically gender and qualifications for acoustically disabled and interpreter, and the experience of the interpreter on the level of the performance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Hearing Impairments
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Kanaan, Taher H.; Al-Salamat, Mamdouh N.; Hanania, May D. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
This article analyzes patterns of expenditure on higher education in Jordan, explores the current system's adequacy, efficiency, and equity, and identifies its strengths and weaknesses in light of current constraints and future challenges. Among the constraints are the relatively low public expenditure on higher education, leaving households to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Universities, Private Colleges
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Khataybeh, Abdalla; Al-Sheikh, Kholoud – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at different public and private universities in Jordan. To achieve such aim, it sought to identify and rank multiple intelligences that characterize students at Jordanian universities, and to identify and rank the differences in multiple intelligences…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Private Colleges, Intelligence Quotient, Foreign Countries
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AL-Zou'bi, Dalal Mohamad – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
This study aimed at exploring perceptions of Jordanian graduating students for the factors that attract them in the work environment based on porter's theory in motivation. A Questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 807 graduating students at three universities. Means, Frequencies, Percentage, Variance analysis and chi-square test were used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis, College Graduates
Tari, Juan Jose; Madeleine, Carolina – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to compare the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) self-assessment model in higher education institutions (HEIs) in Spain and in Jordan. Case study methodology on eight services provided by a public university in Spain and seven services provided by one public university and one private university in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Public Colleges, Self Evaluation (Groups)