TY - GEN
T1 - Pros and cons of videoconferencing cyber course
T2 - 3rd International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics, IMSCI 2009
AU - Al-Busaidi, Kamla Ali
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The use of the information technology (IT) tools including e-learning systems has become a main imperative in today's knowledge-based economy. Videoconferencing offers a cost-effect way for synchronous distance learning and enriches the learning environment. This study aimed to examine the learners' acceptance of videoconferencing cyber course by measuring their satisfaction and revealing its pros and cons. Data was collected from remote learners of a videoconferencing short-course, which was a collaboration project between a local university in Oman and a remote university in Korea. The remote cyber learners indicated that the course offered them an opportunity to experience videoconferencing in distance learning and acquiring new knowledge through efficient medium. The results demonstrated that the reliability of the videoconferencing technology, the course management, and the course content are major issues related to the deployment of videoconferencing technology in distance learning.
AB - The use of the information technology (IT) tools including e-learning systems has become a main imperative in today's knowledge-based economy. Videoconferencing offers a cost-effect way for synchronous distance learning and enriches the learning environment. This study aimed to examine the learners' acceptance of videoconferencing cyber course by measuring their satisfaction and revealing its pros and cons. Data was collected from remote learners of a videoconferencing short-course, which was a collaboration project between a local university in Oman and a remote university in Korea. The remote cyber learners indicated that the course offered them an opportunity to experience videoconferencing in distance learning and acquiring new knowledge through efficient medium. The results demonstrated that the reliability of the videoconferencing technology, the course management, and the course content are major issues related to the deployment of videoconferencing technology in distance learning.
KW - Cyber course
KW - Distance learning
KW - Oman
KW - Videoconferencing
KW - Videoconferencing Cons
KW - Videoconferencing Pros
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84896656744
SN - 1934272728
SN - 9781934272725
T3 - IMSCI 2009 - 3rd International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings
SP - 70
EP - 75
BT - IMSCI 2009 - 3rd International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings
PB - International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, IIIS
Y2 - 10 July 2009 through 13 July 2009
ER -