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E-Learning Barriers In The United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Results From An Empirical Investigation, Lejla Vrazalic, Robert C. Macgregor, D Behl, Jean Fitzgerald

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

E-learning is relatively new to the United Arab Emirates. Most tertiary institutions have allocated ICT resources to provide alternatives to the previously used teacher-centred "chalk and talk" approach to learning and teaching. However we have not yet developed a comprehensive understanding of the application of e-learning methods and resources in the tertiary education sector in the UAE. This paper describes a collaborative research project which empirically investigated the perceived barriers to e-learning for students studying at tertiary institutions in the UAE using an online questionnaire. The paper analyses the associations between e-learning barriers and students' age and gender. The ease …