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Direct linkTawafak, Ragad M.; Malik, Sohail Iqbal; Alfarsi, Ghaliya – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
This comprehensive study reviews the technological impact during the COVID-19 pandemic and elucidates technology usage to technology-enhanced learning which assisted in enhancing the behavioral intention to use technologies among undergraduates. Recently, higher education institutions suffered from the impact of using emerging technologies with…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Intention, School Closing
Download full textKrsmanovic, Masha – Journal of International Students, 2020
This article utilized Berry's acculturation model (1974, 1980, 1997) as the framework for understanding the social experiences of international first-year students in a large, public institution in the Southeast United States. Using a descriptive phenomenological research design and a sample of 10 international students, this study examined the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Foreign Students, College Freshmen, Undergraduate Study
Al-Busaidi, Fatma Yousuf – International Education Studies, 2019
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the sociocultural factors influencing learners of Arabic as a foreign language in the Sultanate of Oman. A qualitative inquiry approach was adopted for the study, using in-depth interviewing, and students' diaries to understand how the sociocultural context impact non-Arab learners of Arabic in the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Cifuentes-Faura, Javier; Obor, Deborah Odu; To, Loeurt; Al-Naabi, Ishaq – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
Adapting new learning and teaching practices during COVID-19 pandemic has impacted students' learning in higher education. Using a cross-sectional research methodology, the study attempted to understand the cross-cultural impacts of COVID-19 on higher education students in Cambodia, Nigeria, Oman and Spain to determine the changes that COVID-19…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
Rabia, Hazza Abu – College Student Journal, 2017
This qualitative study explored the factors that enhance Arab international students' persistence and facilitate their academic and cultural adjustment at postsecondary institutions in the United States. The sample for this study consisted of Arab international students from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Syria, UAE, Iraq, and Jordan. In-depth…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Students, Extracurricular Activities, Social Support Groups
Adams-Smith, Diana E. – 1984
Although a basic premise of higher education is that students must take the primary responsibility for their own learning, problems arise when the focus throughout elementary and secondary schooling is on passive, rote learning with the student totally dependent on the teacher and text, as in Islamic schools. The educational shock experienced in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, College Students
