Web-Based Instructions: An Assessment of Preparedness of Conventional Universities in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Saleh Al Balawi (King Fahd Naval Academy, Saudi Arabia)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 326
EISBN13: 9781609602918|DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-749-7.ch017
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Abstract

Factors affecting faculty decisions in the conventional university setup in Saudi Arabia for participating or not participating sin Web-based instruction (WBI) were investigated in this study. Incentives and barriers to WBI, faculty attitudes, and participants’ demographic information were also explored. The study was aimed to investigate the attitudes of the faculty members at three Saudi universities toward WBI in an effort to describe the current status of WBI in the Saudi higher education system. In addition, results of the study could also provide the Saudi universities and the faculty with insight into factors affecting adoption of WBI. Finally, since there have been few implementations of WBI across the country, it was important to explore how WBI is currently used in Saudi universities and to determine critical factors that could affect the implementation of WBI.
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