SAUDI ARABIAN CULTURAL FACTORS AND PERSONALISED ELEARNING
SAUDI ARABIAN CULTURAL FACTORS AND PERSONALISED ELEARNING
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沙特阿拉伯的文化因素和个性化学习
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2014
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M. Al
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Ahmed Alamri;A. Cristea;M. Al
在互联网的支持下，各国的许多机构都采用了引入基于网络的教育系统的想法。在许多国家，政府实施了推动电子学习解决方案的举措，例如在欧洲（例如，英国、马来西亚和新加坡），但也在阿拉伯世界（例如，在沙特阿拉伯和科威特）。然而，作为电子学习的后来者，沙特阿拉伯仍然需要在学习的全球化与其文化价值观之间找到正确的平衡。因此，本研究着眼于沙特阿拉伯的具体情况，以确定影响接受电子学习的文化因素，包括最近开发的个性化电子学习领域。本研究确定沙特阿拉伯用户的文化特征，通过分析霍夫施泰德的文化价值维度，和他们的适当性，沙特阿拉伯的电子学习。此外，研究还分析了这些因素如何影响高等教育学生对eLearning的接受程度。学生的定量数据是通过在线问卷收集的。在这项研究中，研究结果表明，沙特阿拉伯用户的文化特征类似于霍夫施泰德1980年对阿拉伯世界的分析，可以专门应用于沙特个性化的电子学习。此外，个人主义与集体主义和不确定性规避的因素被发现有显着影响学生的教育观念。因此，沙特阿拉伯的电子学习实施者需要意识到这些强烈的影响因素，并将其应用到学习解决方案中。
With the support of the internet, many institutes in various countries have adopted the idea of introducing a web-based education system. In many countries, the government implements initiatives pushing eLearning solutions forward, such as in Europe (e.g, the UK, Malaysia and Singapore, but also in the Arab world (e.g., in Saudi Arabia and Kuwaiti). However, as a late comer to eLearning, Saudi Arabia still has to find the right balance between this globalisation of learning, and its cultural values. This study thus looks into the specific case of Saudi Arabia, to identify the cultural factors that influence acceptance of eLearning, including the more recently developed area of personalised elearning. This research identifies Saudi Arabian users’ cultural characteristics, by analysing Hofstede's cultural value dimensions, and their appropriateness for Saudi Arabian eLearning. Additionally, the study analyses how these factors influence higher education students' acceptance of the eLearning. The quantitative data from the students was collected by using an online questionnaire. In this study, the findings demonstrate that Saudi Arabian users’ cultural characteristics are similar to Hofstede’s 1980 analysis for the Arab world and can be specifically applied for Saudi personalised eLearning. In addition, the factors of Individualism vs. Collectivism and Uncertainty Avoidance were found to have a significant influence on a student’s perception of education. Hence, implementers of eLearning in Saudi Arabia need to be aware of these strongly influential factors and implement them in their learning solution.