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Investigating Determinants Of Faculty Members’ Intentions To Use Mobile Learning For Educational Purposes, Ibrahim Abdullah Albahli

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Mobile learning is a rapidly growing field in education that has gained increasing worldwide attention in recent years due to the widespread availability of mobile devices and their potential to enhance learning experiences. In Saudi Arabia, higher education institutions have explored the use of mobile learning to support teaching and learning, though limited research examines factors related to the use of mobile learning by faculty members. To ensure the success of mobile learning integration in higher education environments, it is vital to examine faculty members’ behavioral intentions to use mobile learning for educational purposes. This quantitative study investigated how the …

Temporal Contiguity And Verbal Redundancy In Online Instruction: Examining Boundary Conditions For Multimedia Learning, Hal Hinderliter

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning has enjoyed a prominent role in guiding the development of online instruction, but recent research has proposed boundary conditions for some of its key principles. Moreno and Mayer advanced the possibility of a reverse redundancy effect when narration and fully redundant on-screen text are presented in a temporally contiguous manner. The current study investigated the interaction and main effects of temporal contiguity and verbal redundancy by randomly assigning university students to one of four narrated text-only online lectures. Existing knowledge of the topic of instruction, information literacy, was assessed using a 15-question selected-response instrument …

A Study Of Progression In Science Process Skills During A Midwestern Public Research University’S Stem Summer Camps, Anila Fiaz Gill

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This study explored the impact of STEM summer camps (held at a Midwestern university) on campers’ science process skills (SPS). Upon analysis statistically significant positive growth in SPS was observed, evidenced by the increase from presurvey to postsurvey SPS scores, over the period of these short duration camps. There were no statistically significant differences in growth (presurvey to postsurvey) by gender, grade level, or ethnicity. While there were no significant main effects for gender (male vs. female) and grade level (middle vs. high school) on science process skill scores, there was a significant main effect of ethnicity (white vs. nonwhite) …

Factors Related To Employees’ Behavioral Intention To Use Online Professional Development, Yousef Saud Alshrari

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

With the rapid changes in and development of online learning, the need for integrating online professional development is growing due to its availability and flexibility for improving employees’ job-related skills and knowledge (Chatzoglou, Sarigiannidis, Vraimaki, & Diamantidis, 2009; Kijsanayotin, Pannarunothai, & Speedie, 2009; Yoo & Hung, 2016). Online professional development is defined as “a means for delivering information and communication between the trainer and the student” (Race, 2005, p. 9) – in other words, providing training using technology. According to the literature, there is a lack of consideration of employees’ behavioral intention to use online professional development (Admiraal & Lockhorst, …

The Impact Of Text Messaging On Students’ Academic Achievement In An Online Computing Course, Selom Assignon

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The problem of low student completion rates in distance learning courses remains one of the major issues that institutions of higher learning face. Efforts by school administrators to reverse this trend have so far produced mixed results. The rapid expansion of distance learning has encouraged many institutions to move more courses online, including computer programming courses. Using a randomized post-test-only experimental design method, this study examines how the use of a mobile phone text messaging application (Remind) as a two-way communication tool may help foster a learning environment that enhances interaction between students and instructors and increases student achievement.

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Determinants Related To Faculty Members’ Intention To Use Webinars For Professional Development Purposes, Ali Mohammed Saghir

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Professional development helps employees improve their skills and competencies for performing work-related tasks. It entails equipping workers with technical skills to enable them to use a new technology. However, institutions are still faced with challenges when integrating new technologies into their systems. It is important for the management of various institutions to inquire about employees’ readiness to adopt a change before implementing it to determine the level of possible resistance.

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the behavioral intention of faculty members on the use of webinars as a tool to receive professional development content at the …