Abstract
This paper describes a blended learning course for Emirati women combining face-to-face instruction with heavy use of distance learning technologies such as videoconferencing, email and a “virtual classroom”. Instructors conducted action research in order to 1) improve course design and teaching methods, 2) share distance teaching insights with colleagues, and 3) advise institutional authorities on IT resource management. Results of the study are presented, and conclusions about the suitability and efficacy of distance learning for Emirati women are offered.
Citation
Radecki, W. (2005), "Blended Learning for Emirati Women", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 37-55. https://doi.org/10.18538/lthe.v2.n1.03
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005 William Radecki
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Acknowledgements
Publisher's note: The Publisher would like to inform the reader that the article “Blended Learning for Emirati Women” has changed pagination. Previous pagination was pp. 1-19. The updated pagination for the article is now pp. 37-55. The Publisher apologises for any inconvenience caused.