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Social Media Adoption Among University Instructors In Saudi Arabia, Khalid Abdulaziz Alasfor
Social Media Adoption Among University Instructors In Saudi Arabia, Khalid Abdulaziz Alasfor
Wayne State University Dissertations
There is an orientation from the government of Saudi Arabia toward social media in general. The government of Saudi Arabia considers the significance of social media in educating the Saudi community. The Saudi Ministry of Education founded the National Center for E- Learning and Distance Learning (NCeL) because it considered the importance of e-learning and distance learning for higher education (he.moe.gov.sa). NCeL supports and rewards university instructors to integrate social media in the learning process (award.elc.edu.sa). Several studies proved the significance of social media with Saudi higher education students (Alkhalifa, 2008; Salem and Alghamdi, 2011; Almadhouni, 2011). Moreover, Saudi students …