Connecting Students across Universities in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Jarf, Reima Sado

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ERIC Number: ED497940

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Publication Date: 2005-Nov-10

Pages: 12

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Connecting Students across Universities in Saudi Arabia

Al-Jarf, Reima Sado

Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Asia Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning (4th, Geongju, South Korea, Nov 10-12, 2005)

The present study reports results of an experiment in which the author and her students at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia shared an online grammar course with a professor and his students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU) in Makkah, Saudi Arabia using www.makkahelearning.net. The experiment proved to be a total failure. Factors contributing to students' inadequate participation in the online course, and hesitation to register and interact are discussed.

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Distance Education, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Grammar, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Student Participation, Electronic Mail, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

Education Level: Higher Education

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia

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