The present study was designed to explore key cultural, social, economic, and technological configurations of distance education and the Distance Education University as it was established under the Shah in 1973, and as reorganized after the Islamic Revolution, in 1987. It explo…
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The purpose of this study was to derive and validate a set of basic principles for mass media use in national development. These principles were derived from literature in the field of mass communication and development and from reports of experiments using mass media in develop…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes, needs, and obstacles encountered by teachers implementing a government mandated computer-literacy curriculum in secondary schools in Kuwait. Also investigated was the influence of teacher background and training on thei…
The overall purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which the conditions that facilitate change have been present in higher education instructional improvement programs in Indonesia. The research questions focus on the extent to which the lecturers: (a) feel dissatis…
Studies that have analyzed the effectiveness of technical assistance efforts in the Third World conclude that many of these efforts must be considered less than fully effective. One of the major reasons for this inadequate performance may have been the lack of appropriate planni…
The primary purpose of this study was to assess the stages of concerns, levels of use of computers, and the variations of computer usage and applications by the faculty of the College of Education, King Saud University (KSU) in Saudi Arabia. The study utilized the Concerns-Based…
The Natural History Museum is an important present and future asset of Saudi society. Potentially the museum can meet a variety of educational, scientific, cultural, and entertainment needs considered important in the process of modernization and national development. This study…
The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) is a multi-billion dollar urban megaproject dedicated to the transformation of Malaysia's national economy into one based on high-technology industries. Yet, the MSC is different from other technopoles like it. State institutions have from the…
The last few years have seen a flood of courses on the Internet in higher education. This increase has seen institutional stakeholders wrestle with decisions about committing funds, faculty, staff, and other resources to this new educational forum, in the midst of uncertainties …
This study provided insights about how to develop online cross-cultural projects designed to foster global awareness in upper elementary-age students. Three schools, located in the southern United States, Mexico and Turkey, implemented a cross-cultural model as part of a compara…
The use of hypermedia and Web-based materials in Jewish Education is a new and growing phenomenon. This dissertation is the outcome of an action research project conducted on the use of a Web site on the biblical story of Cain and Abel with Israeli high school students. The majo…
Building research capacity in health services has been recognized internationally as an important pillar for the production of a sound evidence base for decision-making in policy and practice. The developing countries are currently facing an increasing epidemic of noncommunicabl…
A growing trend in K-12 education is the development of the cyberschool, a full time online learning program and the virtual school, a supplementary online learning program. These campuses replace brick and mortar classrooms with evolving practices of interactive technology. The…
This study examined a contemporary issue in second language (L2) learning: the use of a student's first language (L1) as part of the L2 instructional design. Specifically, this research studied if the inclusion of students' L1 in an ESL (English as a second language) class led t…
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between students' level of effort and their perceptions about the online portion of a college course taught in blended learning format. Web-based learning has been around for about two decades and has already been implemen…
The importance of technology in education cannot be underestimated. There are compelling reasons for developing nations like Pakistan to introduce technology in their educational systems. Nevertheless the approach and methods used in introducing technology in schools are premise…
The purpose of this study was to understand the effect of engaging preservice teachers in an online learning community (OLC) on their sense of community, technological proficiency, and attitude toward online learning. The web-based learning community was developed in two undergr…
This study was designed to examine faculty's attitudes toward the significant factors for facilitating the implementation of online courses at the Institute of Public Administration (I.P.A.) in Saudi Arabia. The population of this study included all faculty members at the Instit…
Riyadh high schools are not meeting the real world technology needs of their students and teachers in the classroom. The researcher investigated current classroom practices to see if computers and instructional technologies were being used in the areas of math, science and Engli…