Transformation of higher education sector through massive open online courses in Saudi Arabia

Higher education needs to respond to ever changing demands and expectations of present and future potential students. In order to amplify access to educational materials for students who endeavor to learn, various methodologies are used with the help of technology. Education is redefined and democratized by enabling anyone to learn from the world’s experts by a click of a mouse. Higher education institutions are venturing to gain better understanding of the phenomenon of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and its paradigm shift towards open global education. This study endeavors to study how MOOCs can be seamlessly integrated into the present scenario of traditional and learning environment. The commercialization with marketing of MOOCs in KSA’s higher education sector is also discussed. Finally, this study recommends adaptive home grown organic introduction of blended learning with the MOOC platform. With the advent of internet technology, students are now able to access diversified and latest courses which are participatory, collaborative with digital skills, well distributed, engaging and self-paced. This concept enables them to attain lifelong learning and brings scalability at a virtual zero cost to the students. The overall impact of technology on the learning management system will be explored. An attempt is made to introduce and accelerate learning and teaching strategies and tools to enhance student employability with their present usage of technology. The objective of the study is to comprehend the readiness level of learners by incorporating open learning platform, build an innovation model, which involves stakeholders with a holistic perspective that will enable a congenial learning management system, how the deanship of information technology and distance learning change course from a support-based deanship to a strategic-based deanship.

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Pengembangan Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) pada Materi Pengelasan

Jurnal Teknik Mesin dan Pembelajaran ◽

10.17977/um054v2i2p141-152 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 141

Author(s):

Agus Suyetno

Keyword(s):

Management System ◽

Online Courses ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Massive Open Online Courses ◽

Massive Open Online ◽

Learning Management

Perkembangan dunia pendidikan saat ini tidak lepas dari perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi. Dunia pendidikan dituntut agar selalu bergerak seiring perkembangan teknologi global. Moodle merupakan salah satu jenis LMS (Learning Management System) yang memungkinkan komunikasi dua arah antara pendidik dan peserta didik. Matakuliah yang akan diimplementasikan dalam pengembangan inovasi sistem pembelajaran adalah matakuliah Pengelasan. Model yang digunakan dalam pengembangan MOOC pada matakuliah Pengelasan adalah model ADDIE. Tahapan dalam pengembangan model ADDIE yaitu (1) Analisis, (2) Desain/perencanaan, (3) Pengembangan, (4) Implementasi eksekusi, dan (5) Evaluasi/umpan balik. Model pengembangan ADDIE disusun secara terprogram dengan urutan-urutan kegiatan yang sistematis dalam upaya pemecahan masalah belajar yang berkaitan dengan media pembelajaran yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan dan karakteristik peserta didik. MOOC Pengelasan merupakan pengembangan dari Moodle yang disediakan oleh hosting UM, sehingga MOOC pengelasan diinstall pada domain http://mooc.um.ac.id/. MOOC Pengelasan memuat beberapa fitur dan dapat diakses oleh peserta didik, pendidik dan masyarakat umum. Fitur yang dapat diakses antara lain: (1) Rekaman aktivitas; (2) Daftar kompetensi; (3) Materi terdiri dari berbagai jenis media; (4) Forum diskusi; (5) Evaluasi dan analisis. MOOC Pengelasan yang dikembangkan terbukti dapat menunjang kegiatan praktikum, hal tersebut dapat dilihat dari angket yang disebar kepada mahasiswa. Berdasarkan angket yang disebar didapatkan hasil bahwa MOOC yang dikembangkan memiliki tingkat kelayakan yang tinggi dengan persentase 83,22%. Dengan tingkat kelayakan tersebut, maka MOOC Pengelasan yang dikembangkan dianggap layak untuk digunakan dalam praktikum Pengelasan dan memiliki tingkat kelayakan yang tinggi. Berdasarkan angket yang disebar didapatkan hasil bahwa MOOC yang dikembangkan memiliki kemudahan penggunaan yang tinggi dengan persentase 84,40%. Dengan tingkat kemudahan tersebut, maka MOOC Pengelasan yang dikembangkan dianggap layak untuk digunakan dalam penunjang praktikum dan mudah untuk digunakan. Kata kunci: Moodle, MOOC, Pengelasan, Media Pembelajaran

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Online E-Campus Interview Training MOOC Framework for Graduates

International Journal of Case Studies in Business, IT, and Education ◽

10.47992/ijcsbe.2581.6942.0041 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 53-60

Author(s):

Varun Shenoy ◽

P. Sridhar Archarya ◽

P. S. Aithal

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Online Courses ◽

Education Sector ◽

Massive Open Online Courses ◽

Massive Open Online ◽

Training Costs ◽

Learning Platform ◽

Disruptive Innovations ◽

Placement Services ◽

Interview Training

Currently, academic MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) is widely recognized as a majorstep in disruptive innovations that is taking place in Higher Education sector today.Simulative MOOC is also adopted in corporations for staff or personnel trainings for cuttingdown training costs and time at Industry. Moreover, with E-HRM also partially disruptingorthodox HR Processes at Industry level, Online E-Campus Interviews have also becomemore immensely evident towards graduate hiring presently. Therefore, training job seekinggraduates for achieving success in current online interviews in this regard too has alsobecome a very paramount challenge for training &placement services cell of educationalinstitutions. Therefore, as a solution, this paper attempts to construct a very basic simulativeMOOC prototype framework with a very comprehensive online interview training contentswhich we feel shall benefit all the stakeholders involved. Accordingly, possible samplecontents, materials, and syllabus are formulated for developing into a full-fledged online etraining & learning platform for furtherstudies.

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Instructional Challenges in Higher Education Online Courses Delivered through a Learning Management System by Subject Matter Experts

Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-503-2.ch209 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 330-341 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

George L. Joeckel III ◽

Tae Jeon ◽

Joel Gardner

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Subject Matter ◽

Management System ◽

Online Courses ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Instructional System ◽

Instructional Designers ◽

Subject Matter Experts ◽

Learning Management ◽

Instructional Challenges

The authors are Instructional Designers developing online courses in higher education. These courses are facilitated by Subject Matter Experts and delivered through a Learning Management System. They propose that instructional alignment with pedagogic beliefs is the best instructional foundation for original course designs in this instructional context, and examine three factors unique to this context. They propose new instructional design models and a new instructional system of design to address the instructional challenges specific to their learning system context.

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Towards Selecting Effective Open Source Learning Management System/Software (OSLMS) for Higher Education Domain

Higher Education for the Future ◽

10.1177/2347631120970083 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 234763112097008

Author(s):

Md Ajimuddin Sk ◽

Sibsankar Jana ◽

Samima Khatun

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Open Source ◽

Management System ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Digital Learning ◽

Learning Tools ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Learning Platform ◽

Learning Management ◽

The Right

We are in the age of information and communication technology (ICT), where the learning communities (i.e., learners, teachers, scholars, etc.), mainly in higher education domains, are more technology dependent. The stakeholders always handle advanced research, study and technologies, and therefore they need some authentic and updated information to satisfy their daily needs. They simply need some updating as well as real-time interactive digital learning platforms that can provide fast, authentic and updated information to satisfy their academic needs. This learning platform completely depends on the judicious designing methodologies, and this designing methodology totally depends on the reliable and effective digital learning tools or learning management system (LMS). The present study is an attempt to design the standard process towards selecting an authentic, reliable and effective open source learning management software/system (OSLMS) for the higher education platform. In this regard, the study has been designed in three layers for the selection of the popular and most downloaded OSLMS in the world. Later in the third layer, a comparative study of the final six OSLMSs has been conducted based on the features under various criteria and parameters to select the right one. Lastly, it is found that the Moodle fulfilled most of the criteria and is selected as the most authentic, interactive and trustworthy OSLMS for the higher education system.

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EXPERIENCE OF USING THE BLACKBOARD LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN JAZAN UNIVERSITY

Information Technologies and Learning Tools ◽

10.33407/itlt.v83i3.4185 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 83 (3) ◽

pp. 79-99

Author(s):

Мухаммад Аршад

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Online Learning ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Management System ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Advanced Education ◽

Learning Platform ◽

E Learning ◽

Learning Management

Students’ engagement in a traditional classroom setting has been occurring for so long with several traditional tools such as textbooks, lectures, video, and group activities. Nowadays, globally and locally connected classes are the target of advanced education intellects. The Learning Management System (LMS) has become a basic tool for all institutions of advanced education, and the main thrust in web-based learning. The significance of the learning management system is defined by its role in building up instructive and educational development, so it is considered the most significant new tool for e-learning. As per a report by the Educause Research Center of U.S higher education institutions, almost 100% of advanced training institutions have an LMS setup, the LMS is utilized by 85% of faculty members, 56% of faculty use it daily, 83% of undergraduate and postgraduate students use the LMS and 56% say they use it in most or all courses. Learning Management System (LMS) is now not only becoming a critical tool for most higher education institutions but is also being seen as a driving force in online learning. Blackboard Learning Management System is a technologically improved learning platform within the context of the e-learning and aimed to investigate the use of Blackboard for training, learning, and examination purposes. In turn, this study is designed to explore the efficient utilization and evaluation of the students’ academic performance and the use of a Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard, among academics at Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The primary aim of this research is to investigate how the faculty employs the features and communication tools in an online learning management system to facilitate the students in learning practice and to engage them in the material at hand. Through the findings obtained, both the faculty and the administrators are expectedly able to develop the online learning environment more effectively. It is also expected that the findings of this study can be a significant stimulus for other higher learning institutions in the Kingdom and the rest of the world to use the Blackboard for improved academic performance.

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Understanding Faculty Use of the Learning Management System

Online Learning ◽

10.24059/olj.v21i3.1217 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Jason Rhode ◽

Stephanie Richter ◽

Peter Gowen ◽

Tracy Miller ◽

Cameron Wills

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Online Learning ◽

Management System ◽

Online Courses ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Database Queries ◽

Face To Face ◽

System Logs ◽

Learning Management ◽

Pedagogical Innovations

The learning management system (LMS) has become a critical tool for nearly all institutions of higher education, and a driving force in online learning. According to a 2014 report by the Educause Center for Analysis and Research, 99% of higher education institutions have an LMS in place, and the LMS is used by 85% of faculty and 83% of students. This was not always the case, however. There was a time in the not-so-distant past when using an LMS was considered highly innovative. Understanding the growth and adoption of the LMS is a stepping stone to understanding how faculty may choose to adopt other technological and pedagogical innovations. This study was conducted at a large, research-intensive public university in the Midwest, which has used the same LMS for 15 years. From a small pilot, adoption has grown to nearly universal use. This study used system logs and database queries to examine how faculty used the LMS. The results identified the features that were used most frequently and how usage had changed over time. In addition, the study compared the usage data for face-to-face and online courses to determine if there are differences in LMS use due to course modality. Based on this, it is possible to better understand the role the LMS plays in higher education and online learning, to inform development of next generation learning systems or other innovative technologies.

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Instructional Challenges in Higher Education Online Courses Delivered through a Learning Management System by Subject Matter Experts

Distance Learning Technology, Current Instruction, and the Future of Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-672-8.ch016 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 273-283 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

George L. Joeckel III ◽

Tae Jeon ◽

Joel Gardner

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Subject Matter ◽

Management System ◽

Online Courses ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Instructional System ◽

Instructional Designers ◽

Subject Matter Experts ◽

Learning Management ◽

Instructional Challenges

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On the development of blockchain-based learning management system as a metacognitive tool to support self-regulation learning in online higher education

Interactive Learning Environments ◽

10.1080/10494820.2021.1920429 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-24

Author(s):

Zohreh Saadati ◽

Canan Perkan Zeki ◽

Reza Vatankhah Barenji

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Management System ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Online Higher Education ◽

Learning Management

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Learning Management System for Greater Learner Engagement in Higher Education—A Review

Higher Education for the Future ◽

10.1177/23476311211049855 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 234763112110498

Author(s):

Parimala Veluvali ◽

Jayesh Surisetti

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Online Education ◽

Management System ◽

Large Scale ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Critical Role ◽

Learner Engagement ◽

Digital Platforms ◽

Online Mode ◽

Learning Management

Online education helped resume learning that had come to a momentary and uncertain pause with the onset of COVID-19 pandemic across the globe. Since then, learning in many educational institutions continued through synchronous and asynchronous modes, with teaching being undertaken remotely on digital platforms. In this large-scale migration towards online mode of curriculum delivery induced by the pandemic, the institutional learning management system (LMS) had a critical role to play in ensuring uninterrupted learning and student engagement. By drawing heavily from extant works, learnings from MOOC platforms, observations from the LMS applications in corporate training, the present article synthesis the extant literature on how the effective use of LMS can make the learning process interactive, student centric, catering to the needs of diverse learners in higher education.

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