Research Notes: Faculty Opinions Towards Introducing e-learning at the University of Bahrain

dc.creator	Muain Jamlan
dc.date	2004-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:07:16Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:07:16Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f58ee4dc641a4590aea4af34a1c20875
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11076
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f58ee4dc641a4590aea4af34a1c20875
dc.description	E-Learning is an important tool for delivery, interaction, and facilitation of both teaching and learning processes. Faculty members at the University of Bahrain’s College of Education are being encouraged to become involved in e-learning activities. To assess faculty opinions on e-learning, a questionnaire was sent to 30 faculty members of the University’s College of Education to determine how they perceive e-learning, and how they might choose to integrate it into their everyday teaching activities. Data was collected and analyzed by using descriptive statistics. Results indicate that faculty generally perceive e-learning as a positive force in helping students’ achieve their learning objectives. Answers to this questionnaire, however, also indicated areas of weakness: specifically that baseline technological and human resource prerequisites are necessary to support e-learning, and that these baseline prerequisites are not yet available at the University of Bahrain. Other baseline prerequisites are: staff training, well prepared online courses and learning materials, sufficient groundwork for the smooth transition from traditional modes of learning towards e-learning delivery, and the implementation of a more robust technological infrastructure to support all the technical aspects necessary to launch and sustain e-learning
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/content/v5.2/jamlan.html
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2004)
dc.subject	e-learning
dc.subject	Bahrain
dc.subject	adoption
dc.subject	diffusion
dc.subject	faculty opinions
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Research Notes: Faculty Opinions Towards Introducing e-learning at the University of Bahrain
dc.type	Article