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Challenges Using IT in Learning and Teaching in Saudi Arabian
Universities
Presented by : Fahad AlturiseSupervisor : Associate Prof. Paul Calder
19 September 2011
IntroductionIntroduction
Reasons for choosing this topicReasons for choosing this topic
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ConclusionConclusion
Introduction
• Importance of education.
• Importance of information technology.
• Importance of IT in education.
» Benefits for Teachers
» Benefits for Students
» Benefits for Organisations
Why I am doing this project?
• Big gap between countries using IT in their education systems.
• Saudi Arabia has the infrastructure and necessary resources to overcome this problem.
• Available IT is not being used.
Project Outline
• Project definition– Identify reasons for limited IT use in Saudi Arabia.– Identify challenges to better utilisation
• Project Plan– Identify existing work– Conduct surveys in Saudi Arabia– Conduct interviews with key people
Existing Work
– Many articles have been published on e-learning and IT in education.
– They concern challenges or problems.
– Older studies on developed countries.
– Newer studies on developing countries.– Some surveys.
Surveys• Preparation
• Apply for ethical approval from the relevant authorities.
• Prepare two kinds of survey.
• Implementation• Different universities in Saudi Arabia.
• Different geographical areas.
• Two Surveys for:– Teachers
– Students
Interviews
• Outside universities• Communication companies• Educational organizations (eg. National e-Learning Center
KSA )
• Inside universities• Administration • Technical support
• During survey• Data that cannot be obtained in a survey.
• After survey• To verify and build on data collected by survey.
Timetable
Conclusion
• This research will help universities to work on some IT application difficulties in Saudi Arabia universities, especially in developing countries.
• In the future, I would like to work on finding solutions to IT challenges in the education sector.
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