Challenges in Using IT for Learning and Teaching in Saudi Arabian Universities Present by : Fahad Alturise Supervisor : Dr. Paul Caldor

Introduction Surveys and Ethical Approval Students’ Barriers Conclusion Data Collection and Analysis Faculty Members’ Barriers Outline

IT in education have become one of the most popular tools to improve learning and teaching. Many challenges and barriers face Saudi Arabia university to implement IT in their system What are the challenges in using IT in Learning and Teaching in Saudi Arabian universities? Introduction Some Saudi’s universities employ IT but not successfully or less than effectively

Prepare two kinds of survey: Teachers Students Applied for ethical approval Conditional Approval Final Approval Surveys And Ethical Approval Surveys and Ethical Approval Each kind has different sections: Personal Information Information About Electronic Devices Information About Internet Connection Information About Computer Skills Information About Opinion

Several universities with different: Cultures Infrastructures Colleges Gender Survey: 200 for students 56 Female 144 Male 50 for faculty members 10 Female 40 Male Data Collection and Analysis Analysis by SPSS program

What is the results? Faculty Members’ Barriers o Lack of institution’s IT o Lack of IT skills o Lack of motivation Students’ Barriers o Lack of skills o Lack of technology availability o Family or culture reasons o Faculty members and institution’s reason

Faculty Members’ Barriers Lack of institution’s IT  Hardware Computer devices Wi-Fi devices Network devices Record lecture devices Frequency 49At home 33At university 22Outside home and university 0I don't use computer Frequency 10Yes, but I don't use it 17Yes, I use it 6Yes, but really use it 17No 50Total  Software (System) Student administrative Course or learning management Website Table 1 : Possession and use university's Table 2 : Where the faculty members use the computer

Faculty Members’ Barriers Lack of IT skills  Security and privacy skills  Traditional productivity tools (Microsoft office)  Learning management systems Not interested Moderately interested Very interested ItemsN fff 41824Learn about using Internet resources that can be used to teach the core curriculum Learn about traditional productivity tools (Microsoft office) and their uses in the classroom Learning about creating a class website Learning about learning management systems4 Lack of IT skills  Security and privacy skills  Traditional productivity tools (Microsoft office)  Learning management systems Table 1 : Interest level in learning about the following statements

Faculty Members’ Barriers Lack of motivation because of:  Training and development  Too busy Research Administrative tasks overload timetable  Weakness in the support and encouragement of university directors  Old infrastructure

Students’ Barriers Lack of skills  IT skills  Traditional productivity tools  Security and privacy skills Not Significant Somewhat Significant Very Significant ItemsN ffF Security or privacy concerns1  lack of English language needed for IT Lack of skills  IT skills  Traditional productivity tools  Security and privacy skills Table 1 : The impact of barriers on the use of Internet in present and future

Students’ Barriers Lack of technology availability  Students’ computer devices Valid PercentFrequencyType of internet access 1734I don't have Valid PercentFrequencyType of computer 1020 I don't have any computer  Internet access  Because of:  Not interested in technology  Cost of technology  Internet connection unreliable Table 1 : computer devices that owned by students Table 2 : Internet access that owned by students

Students’ Barriers Family or culture reasons  Because of: Waste time Fears of parents Religion reasons Not Significant Somewhat Significant Very Significant ItemsN %% Family or culture reasons1 Table 1 : The impact of barriers on the use of computer in present and future Table 2 : The impact of barriers on the use of Internet in present and future Not Significant Somewhat Significant Very Significant ItemsN %% Family or culture reasons1

Students’ Barriers Faculty members and institution’s reason  Faculty members do not encourage students Traditional productivity tools (Microsoft office) Course learning management system Using s Valid PercentResponses 28.5Yes, 68.5no 100Total Table (1): Faculty members tell students their official  University do not offer IT services to students system Student administrative services Course or learning management system

Conclusion & Future Work I hope that as a result of my research I have discovered things that are useful for my country and its universities so that technology can be used in education more effectively. I hope that I have opportunity to focus on the results of my research and try to facilitate some challenges in PHD research.

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