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What is Desire2Learn Incorporated (D2L) (Also Known as Desire2Learn)

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Handbook of Research on Individualism and Identity in the Globalized Digital Age
Is an integrated online learning management system (LMS), which provides synchronous and asynchronous interaction between students, teachers, and learning content ( Fahrni, Rudolph, & De Schutter, 2004 ).
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A Comparison of Saudi and United States Faculty Use of Information and Communication Technology Tools
Art W. Bangert (Montana State University, USA) and Mabark Fayaz Alshahri (Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0522-8.ch001
Abstract
Research related to differences in how Saudi and US faculty use Information and Technology Communication (ICT) tools is discussed as well as their perceptions of ICT applications and ICT use. Saudi faculty from six universities in KSA and US faculty from five US universities completed a questionnaire designed to identify the ICT tools most frequently used and their perceptions toward the use of these tools. In addition, a path analysis based on Davis's (1993) Technology Acceptance Model was conducted to investigate the relationships between faculty attitudes toward ICT applications and actual ICT use. Findings from this study suggest that both Saudi faculty social media most often while US faculty use productivity tools more often. Both Saudi and US faculty and would benefit from training in the use of these applications for use within a Learning Management System.
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