Girls' and women's access to education in Niger remains limited and their educational outcomes are low. This study explores recent education developments for women as it begins to move away from the traditional system, inherited from the age of colonization in various different …
The Ministry of Education of the Yemen Arab Republic is seeking better and more efficient ways and means to make its particular contribution to overall development of the country through pre-service and in-service teacher training to ensure a steady supply of new teachers and to…
ICT integration in education disrupts, to a certain extent, the scholastic tradition. Bringing ICT to learning in schools requires a set of critical strategies. This study is part of a larger, international project, on the integration of ICT in five west and central African coun…
This study investigated the use of an online context, mathematics electronic learning community (MELC), to sustain and support mathematics professional development (MPD). The goal of this study was to identify key elements for the design of an MELC. Of interest were the teachers…
This research asks the following questions: what are the considerations that determine how parents and students from the Islamic community in Andhra Pradesh, a state in India, choose their schools; and what policy interventions might be made to increase the number of Islamic stu…
With computer based internet technology becoming such an integral element of higher education (Altbach, 2005; Gumport, 2005; Marcelle, 2000) as well as gender equity (Hafkin & Taggart, 2001; Marcelle, 2000), the impact of technology on the education of women in higher education …
The purpose of this Delphi research study was to create an organized representation of best practices to guide and support the instructional design of online learning in higher education in Malaysia. Delphi research methodology was used to enable the collection and analysis of d…
Open universities and distance education have expanded dramatically across the world. The Arab Open University is a non-profit institution aiming to offer opportunities for independent study and lifelong learning for the Arab region and elsewhere. The AOU launched its teaching p…
This study aimed to investigate the attitudes, knowledge and reported practices of Kuwaiti kindergarten teachers regarding computer use in the classroom. The study was completed using a mixed methods research design whereby both quantitative and qualitative data was collected an…
This study investigated the diffusion of ILT among career and technical educators in Malaysia. The study was conducted at a large career and technical institute and used a non-experimental approach. The study explored the associations and differences of gender, personal computer…
When comparing the state of the art of the didactics of translation at a university level to the skills demanded in a real professional environment, we have detected a double gap: first, the urgency to adapt technical translation teaching to the requirements of our knowledge soc…
This study investigated how students learn in the classroom by tracing that learning back to its sources. A ten-day instructional unit that contained (1) a video presentation designed to enhance and/or activate prior knowledge, (2) textbook-centered learning activities, and (3) …
This study investigates the current status of microcomputer technology utilization among Saudi Higher Education Administrators (SHEA). It describes the current situation at four Saudi universities: King Saud University (KSU), King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUP…
This dissertation examined the relationship between general work motivation and the motivation for using instructional technology by university faculty in their teaching. Data for the study were collected from a sample of 157 faculty members. Confirmatory factor analysis was emp…
Ten teachers from a Southern California urban Islamic school evaluated a Teacher's Manual written by the researcher. The manual offered ten lesson plans that utilized the Internet as a means to introduce teachers to this valuable resource. The teachers evaluated the lesson plans…
Based on the theoretical connection between the current understanding of reading comprehension and the technological attributes of the computer, the present study investigated the effect of using computer-mediated reading supports on the reading comprehension and the reading beh…