Collaborative learning: A new horizon for E-learning in Sultan Qaboos University using concepts of MOOC and cloud computing

Iman Al-Kindi; Zuhoor Al-Khanjari

doi:10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336011

Collaborative learning: A new horizon for E-learning in Sultan Qaboos University using concepts of MOOC and cloud computing

Iman Al-Kindi, Zuhoor Al-Khanjari

Computer Science

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Abstract

The number of students using E-learning in the universities and colleges around the world has been increasing at massive level in the past years as a result of an easy access to higher educational resources via the internet. On the contrary, the number of instructors in most universities is increasing slowly. Because of the lack of employment opportunities in relation to the economic crisis experienced by some countries. As a consequence, instructional problems have appeared because of the lack of unsatisfactory support to students during E-learning procedure. Collaborative Learning (CL) has been recommended as a solution to this problem. This paper provides a new horizon of E-learning for collaborative learning using Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) concepts and cloud computing to solve this problem. Modes of learning have been proposed with case studies in Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed modes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility, ICTA 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
Volume	2017-December
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538644607
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336011
Publication status	Published - Apr 10 2018
Event	6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility, ICTA 2017 - Muscat, Oman Duration: Dec 19 2017 → Dec 21 2017

Other

Other	6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility, ICTA 2017
Country/Territory	Oman
City	Muscat
Period	12/19/17 → 12/21/17

Keywords

Cloud Computing
Collaborative Learning
E-learning
Interdisciplinary Learning
MOOC
Moodle

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Information Systems
Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Al-Kindi, I., & Al-Khanjari, Z. (2018). Collaborative learning: A new horizon for E-learning in Sultan Qaboos University using concepts of MOOC and cloud computing. In 2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility, ICTA 2017 (Vol. 2017-December, pp. 1-6). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336011

Collaborative learning: A new horizon for E-learning in Sultan Qaboos University using concepts of MOOC and cloud computing. / Al-Kindi, Iman; Al-Khanjari, Zuhoor.
2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility, ICTA 2017. Vol. 2017-December Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 1-6.

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Al-Kindi, I & Al-Khanjari, Z 2018, Collaborative learning: A new horizon for E-learning in Sultan Qaboos University using concepts of MOOC and cloud computing. in 2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility, ICTA 2017. vol. 2017-December, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-6, 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility, ICTA 2017, Muscat, Oman, 12/19/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336011

Al-Kindi I, Al-Khanjari Z. Collaborative learning: A new horizon for E-learning in Sultan Qaboos University using concepts of MOOC and cloud computing. In 2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility, ICTA 2017. Vol. 2017-December. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 1-6 doi: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336011

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