Assessing the E-Learning Readiness of Selected Sudanese Universities
Assessing the E-Learning Readiness of Selected Sudanese Universities
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评估选定苏丹大学的电子学习准备情况
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2014
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Lea Sorilla Nisperos
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Lea Sorilla Nisperos
在现今知识主导的社会和资讯经济中，高等教育必须强调终身学习和灵活的教学形式，这是一个普遍的共识。这种期望提高了世界各地高等教育机构（HEI）采用电子学习技术的倡议，以克服教育赤字和改善教学法。苏丹的大学也不能不承认这一技术趋势。然而，虽然需要实施电子学习是至关重要的，也有必要认识到，在机构环境中实施电子学习的过程，并将其插入到大学的教育背景是一个复杂的奋进;这不仅是昂贵的，而且还提出了很多挑战。为了确保更高的成功率，大学必须首先进行初步评估，以确定其组织准备程度，并帮助确定如何最好地实施该技术。这项研究为实现这一目标迈出了第一步。本报告旨在评估苏丹选定高等教育机构的电子学习准备情况（以下简称“电子准备情况”），以确定可能阻碍实施的挑战，并列举可采取的早期应对这些挑战的措施，使用调查表从苏丹选定大学的200名学生沿着60名教员那里收集数据。研究结果表明，在所调查的大学中，苏丹大学总体上尚未准备就绪，在若干领域仍需开展一些工作，特别是在提供培训和发展技术基础设施方面。最后，研究者提出了适当的政策建议，以帮助提高被调查机构的电子准备程度。
In today’s knowledge-driven society and information economy, there is general consensus that higher education requires emphasis on lifelong learning and flexible forms of teaching. This expectation has heightened the initiatives of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) worldwide to adopt e-learning technologies in an effort to overcome deficits in education and improve pedagogy. Universities in Sudan are not exempted from recognizing this technological trend. However, although the need to implement e-learning is critical, there is also a need to realize that the process of implementing e-learning in an institutional setting and inserting it into the educational context of a university is a complicated endeavor; one which is not only costly but also presents a lot of challenges. In order to ensure a higher rate of success, it is imperative for universities to first conduct initial assessments to identify their level of organizational readiness and help determine how best they can implement the technology. This study presents a first step towards this goal. It is intended to make an assessment of e-learning readiness (henceforth e-readiness) in selected Sudanese institutions of higher learning in order to identify challenges that may impede possible implementation and enumerate measures that can be taken to address these challenges early on. Questionnaires were used to collect data from two hundred students along with sixty faculty members from selected universities in Sudan. The results of the study reveal that Sudanese universities, within the context of the universities surveyed, are overall not yet ready and still needs some work in several areas, particularly in the area of providing training and developing its technological infrastructure. In conclusion, appropriate policy suggestions were suggested to help enhance the e-readiness of the surveyed institutions.